s.11Duties of the Director of Department of Community Rehabilitation
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Section 11Part 0 —

Duties of the Director of Department of Community Rehabilitation

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The Director of the Department of Community Rehabilitation, or any person authorised by him —
shall interview a prisoner who is eligible for conditional release and who has submitted an application if the prisoner consents to an interview, and may interview the victim if a victim consents;
shall provide the Board with all necessary information to comply with the requirements of sections 9 and 10 and such report shall contain the following —
recommendations as to whether the prisoner is a suitable candidate for release on licence;
assessment of the risk of the prisoner re-offending and the risk of the prisoner endangering the community;
recommendations as to the suitability of the prisoner's proposed residence if released on licence and, if necessary, a proposed alternative residence; and
recommendations on conditions of the licence, which may include rehabilitative programmes;
shall supervise a prisoner released on licence with a view to assisting the prisoner's rehabilitation and reintegration into the community as a law-abiding person;
shall, if necessary, submit to the Board a request to vary or cancel a condition of the licence along with a report setting out the grounds for such variation or cancellation;
shall, if necessary, submit to the Board a report of a prisoner's alleged breach of the conditions of a licence; and
shall perform any other duties required by this Law.
For the purpose of ensuring the effective supervision of prisoners released on licence, the Director of the Department of Community Rehabilitation shall —
assign officers to serve in such areas and for such matters as he thinks necessary;
direct and supervise the work of officers;
formulate and implement methods of —
record keeping; and
reporting;
develop policies and procedures for dealing with prisoners released on licence; and
prepare and submit to the Board every quarter, a report regarding the prisoners under its supervision during the period covered by the report.
The Director of the Department of Community Rehabilitation or any person specifically or generally authorised in that behalf shall, as soon as practicable, inform any identified victim of crime —
of an application by the prisoner to the Board for conditional release;
of the decision of the Board on that application (to grant or not to grant conditional release) and the reasons for granting or not granting conditional release, if the reasons are relevant to the victim;
of the conditions of any licence that may be granted, if relevant to the victim;
of any decision to recall the prisoner and the reasons for the recall, if the reasons are relevant to the victim; or
of any decision not to recall the prisoner and the reasons for that decision, if the reasons are relevant to the victim.
The Cabinet may make regulations relating to the investigation and supervision of prisoners.

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