(a) to provide the courts with reports and information relating to the background, character, employment potential, family circumstances and other matters that a judge may consider appropriate respecting adult persons charged with or convicted of crimes or offences;
(b) to supervise and offer guidance to adult persons who are the subject of probation orders issued by the courts;
(c) to encourage, supervise, treat and train adult prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment within correctional institutions with a view to their ultimate rehabilitation to society;
(d) to promote and help in public and private welfare programs designed to prevent and diminish the commission of crimes and offences within the province; and
(e) to implement a function specifically assigned to the division by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council relating to the supervision, treatment and training of offenders against the law.