White paper on crime 2015 Part2/Chapter5
Organizations providing rehabilitation services include: the National Offenders Rehabilitation Commission (a council consisting of a chairperson and four members) within the Ministry of Justice; regional parole boards established within the jurisdiction of each high court (a council is composed by members of no less than three but no more than 15); and probation offices established within the jurisdiction of each district court. The National Offenders Rehabilitation Commissionhas theauthority to make a recommendationto theMinisterforapardon for a specific person while regional parole boards have the authority to decide whether parole should be granted or not based on a recommendation made by the warden of the penal institution. Probation offices engage in probation and parole supervision, coordination of the social circumstances, urgent aftercare of discharged offenders, the promotion of crime prevention activities, etc.