Rehabilitation policies in place but not followed: auditor
The Ministry of Justice needs to improve upon following its own policies regarding progress reports on the rehabilitation of adult offenders according to the Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan.
In Judy Ferguson’s report Tuesday, she commended the ministry for establishing new guidelines, but also laid critique on the timeliness of report’s completion.
“They’ve got those clear policies and processes but unfortunately staff aren’t following them in a significant way,” said Ferguson.
She outlined how half of the case files examined by the ministry itself showed the risk assessments and case files were not completed within the recommended six-week time frame of the offenders starting their community sentence.