Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services

Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services (RRS) manages the portfolio of Corrections' interventions delivered to prisoners and community-based offenders.

RRS uses available evidence of effectiveness in reducing re-offending to:

• provide the most effective interventions 
• determine which offenders will benefit the most from the interventions
• continually improve the interventions portfolio.

Focus in 2011-2012

For 2011-2012 Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services is focusing on:

• improving engagement with community-based offenders
• increasing drug and alcohol services
• improving offender access to education
• supporting employability on release
• improving rehabilitation programmes for prisoners, including youth
• addressing Maori re-offending
• the RRS establishment programme.