An additional $3.2 million will be provided over four years to extend the program to assist volunteer community organisations such as the CFA and the SES.

Mr O'Donohue was joined by Liberal candidate for Ripon Louise Staley in making the announcement at a property in Burrumbeet where minimum-security prisoners from Langi Kal Kal prison have carried out environmental maintenance projects and tree planting as part of the Burrumbeet and Brewster Biolinks project.

"We recognise the valuable contribution that the Landmate Program makes to rural communities which is why we are more than doubling its funding," Mr O'Donohue said.

"What's more, it is right that low-risk prisoners be made to make amends in the community.

"We will also expand the program to include overnight work camps for supervised minimum security prisoners, allowing them to stay in appropriate facilities in remote locations to assist in those remote communities."

The current program sees low-risk prisoners going out into the community to undertake land-clearing, tree-planting, work on waterways and other similar tasks in the community.

Landmate prisoner crews have also provided invaluable assistance in the aftermath of Victorian bushfire and flood emergencies with tasks such as sandbagging and fencing.

Ms Staley said that partnering with other organisations such as the CFA and the SES would allow offenders to do even more work in fire and flood prevention.

"While the work they do is great for the community they are also gaining skills and experience. Anything that can help an offender get and keep a job on release assists them in changing their ways and not re-offending.

"That's extremely valuable for the community as well."

Phil Hall, chairman of Project Platypus, a not-for-profit community group that coordinates and works with Landcare groups and Landmate crews in the Upper Wimmera Catchment, was very supportive of the Coalition's commitment to expand the Landmate Program.

"This would help ensure that the crews are able to continue their extremely important work assisting community groups and landholders with significant environmental improvement projects," Mr Hall said.

"It would also help ensure that Landmate Crews are available to assist farmers re-instating fences immediately after natural disasters such as bush fire or floods.

"My farm fences were destroyed in the 2011 floods and the Landmate crew was invaluable in getting things back in order."

Mr O'Donohue said community feedback about Landmate has been overwhelmingly positive.

"Corrections Victoria receives approaches from people and organisations from all over the state asking for help from Landmate crews," Mr O'Donohue said.

"Through this expansion we will be able to have offenders help more people than ever before."