White Paper on Crime 2025 Part2/Chapter5
Organizations providing rehabilitation services include the following: the National Offenders Rehabilitation Commission (a council consisting of a chairperson and four members) in the Ministry of Justice; regional parole boards (a council composed of not less than three but not more than 15 members) established within the jurisdiction of each high court; and probation offices established within the jurisdiction of each district court. The National Offenders Rehabilitation Commission has the authority to make a recommendation to the Minister of Justice to pardon a specific person, while regional parole boards have the authority to decide whether parole may be granted or not, on the basis of a recommendation made by a warden of a penal institution, etc. Probation offices engage in probation/parole supervision, adjustment of living conditions, urgent aftercare of discharged offenders, support for persons who have completed their sentences, reintegration support for the local community by probation offices, promotion of crime prevention activities, etc.