3 Probation / parole supervision

  Fig. 3-2-3-5 shows the percent ratio of persons related to designated Boryokudan under the Anti-Boryokudan Act to total persons newly subjected to probation/parole supervision at the time of commencement of supervision over the last 10 years.

Fig. 3-2-3-5  Percent ratio of persons related to designated Boryokudan to total persons newly subjected to probation/parole supervision (1998–2007)

  The categorized treatment system (see Part 2, Chapter 5, Section 2, 2 (5)) regards the following probationers/parolees as “persons related to Boryokudan”: (a) those who are leaders, members, and quasi-members of Boryokudan; or (b) those who previously fell under (a) above and are not considered to have completely severed ties with the groups.
  For those probationers/parolees in this category, efforts are made to understand the reality of their daily lives and to provide them with intensive guidance and support through the cooperation of the police and the prefectural centers for promoting the violence-expulsion movement, etc. and to encourage them to leave their crime groups and establish stable lives with decent jobs.