I will speak briefly in favour of this clause.
This clause relates to the importance of a correctional plan to be developed as soon as is practicable after reception of a prisoner into the penitentiary. This emphasizes the importance of a plan to achieve rehabilitation during the time they're in prison. I note the maintenance of the plan under proposed subsection 15.1(2) of this clause:
The plan is to be maintained in consultation with the offender in order to ensure that they receive the most effective programs at the appropriate time in their sentence to rehabilitate them and prepare them for reintegration into the community, on release, as a law-abiding citizen.
We support that, and it does provide encouragement for inmates and offenders to see that there is an opportunity for rehabilitation and a life after the sentence. We would certainly not want to see these plans turn into something that could be abused, but if properly administered these plans could be very effective in seeking a safer society by ensuring that offenders, when released, are in a better position to be integrated into society.