Reduction of Recidivism Framework Act

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• 1Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Reduction of Recidivism Framework Act.

• 2Development and implementation
• 2(1)

  The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness must, in consultation with representatives of the provinces, with a variety of Indigenous governing bodies and Indigenous organizations and with other relevant stakeholders such as non-governmental, non-profit, faith-based and private sector organizations, develop and implement a federal framework to reduce recidivism.

• 2(2)Content

  The framework must include measures to

• 2(2)(a)

  initiate pilot projects and develop standardized and evidence-based programs aimed at reducing recidivism;

• 2(2)(b)

  promote the reintegration of people who have been incarcerated back into the community through access to adequate and ongoing resources as well as employment opportunities in order to lessen the likelihood of their reoffending;

• 2(2)(c)

  support faith-based and communal initiatives that aim to rehabilitate people who have been incarcerated;

• 2(2)(d)

  review and implement international best practices related to the reduction of recidivism; and

• 2(2)(e)

  evaluate and improve risk assessment instruments and procedures to address racial and cultural biases and ensure that all people who are incarcerated have access to appropriate programs that will help reduce recidivism.

• 3Tabling of framework
• 3(1)

  Within one year after the day on which this Act comes into force, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness must prepare a report setting out the federal framework to reduce recidivism and cause the report to be tabled before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the report is completed.

• 3(2)Publication

  The Minister must publish the report on the website of the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness within 10 days after the day on which the report is tabled in Parliament.

• 4Report
• 4(1)

  Within three years after the day on which the report referred to in section 3 is tabled and every year after that, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness must prepare a report on the effectiveness of the federal framework to reduce recidivism that sets out his or her conclusions and recommendations.

• 4(2)Tabling of report

  The Minister must cause the report to be tabled before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the report is completed.