Most of the personal development temporary absences are in relation to individuals attending various community-based programs, AA groups, NA groups. They are activities of that nature meant to help the offender establish some community-based contacts that will eventually assist with their full release, if that is deemed appropriate, but also to get them linked into those community-based programs so they can build on the program and the intervention learnings that they gained while incarcerated.
On March 27th, 2014. See this statement in context.