S-40.1 - Act respecting the Québec correctional system

Section 183 Disposition versions

2007-02-05

183. The mandate of the corrections council is to facilitate collaboration and coordinated action among the various stakeholders of society involved in the reintegration of offenders into the community and to seek continued improvement of the correctional system.

Within the scope of its mandate, the corrections council shall

(1)  promote public awareness of the issues involved in the reintegration of offenders into the community and participate in social debate in that respect;

(2)  encourage communication between the various stakeholders having an interest in the reintegration of offenders into the community;

(3)  encourage collaboration between the correctional services, the parole board and their corrections partners;

(4)  encourage and promote scientific research on the correctional system; and

(5)  give advice on any other subject, at the request of the Minister.

2002, c. 24, s. 183.