The Department of Prisons functioned as a governmental body within the New Republic, overseeing all matters related to the prisons it administered. During their journey to Substation Grimdock, Taka Jamoreesa asserted that the Department had dispatched them, along with Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, Kaasha Bateen, Chewbacca, and Peekpa, to probe potential technological issues afflicting the prisons' [computer](/article/computer] infrastructure.