Sec. 5. The department shall supervise and assist offenders on parole. Its duties in this regard include:

(1) establishing methods and procedures in the administration of parole, including investigation, supervision, workloads, recordkeeping, and reporting;

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(2) assisting offenders in making parole release plans;

(3) providing employment counseling and assistance in job and residential placement;

(4) providing family and individual counseling and treatment placement;

(5) providing financial counseling;

(6) providing vocational and educational counseling and placement;

(7) supervising and assisting out of state parolees accepted under an interstate compact; and

(8) cooperating with public and private agencies and with individual citizens concerned with the treatment or welfare of offenders and assisting the offender in obtaining services from these agencies and citizens.

As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.6.