in april 2008, there was public opposition when it was revealed that capill was due to appear at a parole board hearing in june 2008. on 27 june 2008, it was reported that capill's parole application had been unsuccessful due to opposition from his victims who felt there had been insufficient preventative counselling, and that the department of corrections and rolleston prison would not enroll him on kia marama, a child sexual abuse prevention education and counselling course, until he had served two-thirds of his sentence (circa 2011).