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as New Life House provides a temporary home for those in need of more intensive support or accommodation immediately following release. During the 12 months' compulsory supervision after release, after-care staff continuously provide advice, support and assist- ance in order to enhance further the rehabilitation process. Contravention of supervision requirements may result in recall to a treatment centre for further treatment.
After-care Supervision
After-care plays an important part in helping released inmates to resume an indus- trious and law-abiding life within the community. The process starts soon after a person is admitted into an institution when steps are taken to build up a sound relation- ship between the inmate, his family and the supervising officer. Following release, the supervising officer maintains close contact with the ex-offender, offering assistance and guidance in coping with the demands made upon him and ensuring that he leads a law- abiding life.
Statutory after-care supervision is provided for all persons released from training, detention and drug addiction treatment centres and the majority of young prisoners.
At the end of 1985, the success rate was: detention centre, 94 per cent; training centres, 65 per cent for males and 92 per cent for females; drug addiction treatment centres, 68 per cent for males and 73 per cent for females; young prisoners, 85 per cent for males and 85 per cent for females. (The success rate is defined as the percentage of those who have completed the supervision period without subsequent reconviction and, where applicable, remain drug free). There was an active caseload of 3 530 males and 175 females at year's end.
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Correctional Services Industries
Correctional Services Industries serve the dual purpose of providing gainful employment for inmates and of supplying as economically as possible goods and services to the government. Emphasis is placed on training prisoners and inmates to develop good work habits under conditions comparable with those of outside industries. Most inmates are employed in manufacturing products and providing services for the public sector while a minority are engaged in domestic work related to the running of institutions.
At year's end, 7 021 prisoners were employed in various industries within the institutions. A new workshop complex was opened at Pik Uk Prison in late 1985, providing a further 210 jobs in the garment-making and carpentry trades. Further expansion of the precast concrete workshop at Tai Lam Correctional Institution has been made, thereby increasing production of kerbstones and pavement slabs and other concrete products for government departments.
To meet the training needs of the prisoners, continuous effort is made to expand workshops and to develop new markets and products. Through careful management, an increase in productivity has also been achieved. Goods and services for the year were estimated to have a commercial value of $126.5 million, an increase of 28 per cent over 1984.
Psychological Services
Qualified psychologists assisted by specially trained officers provide a wide range of counselling services and assessment reports. In addition, the service provides in-depth reports for the courts and for the department's use in deciding the offenders' suitability for participation in various corrective programmes. Research projects are also being under- taken by the psychological unit as part of the effort to fight crime and reduce recidivism.