PUBLIC ORDER
supervision conditions may result in the person being recalled for a further period of training or treatment.
Following approval by the Release Under Supervision Board, successful applicants are discharged or permitted to go out to work and live in a designated hostel, under the supervision of after-care officers, for the balance of their sentences. The aim is to enable suitable, eligible and motivated prisoners to serve their sentences in an open environment under close supervision. Prisoners who breach supervision conditions may be recalled to serve the remainder of their sentences or may be charged in court with a breach of the supervision order.
The success of the after-care programmes is measured by the percentage of ex- prisoners who complete supervision without re-conviction and, where applicable, remain drug-free. The annual success rates for 1995 were 93 per cent for detention centre inmates, 68 per cent for male training centre inmates, 88 per cent for female training centre inmates, 84 per cent for young male prisoners, 100 per cent for young female prisoners, 58 per cent for male drug addiction treatment centre inmates, 68 per cent for female drug addiction treatment centre inmates and 100 per cent for the Pre-release Employment Scheme.
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The Post-release Supervision of Prisoners Ordinance, which was passed during the year, provides for aftercare supervision of some adult prisoners upon release. This programme aims at assisting certain categories of adult prisoners who on release are vulnerable to recidivism, and those who may pose a threat to the public.
Correctional Services Industries
Correctional Services industries aim to keep prisoners and inmates gainfully employed, reducing the risk of unrest through boredom and lack of constructive activities, and to inculcate in them the habit of doing useful work through participation in industrial production, which may help them to find a job after release.
All convicted prisoners who are medically fit are required by law to work six days per week. Prisoners are paid for their work, and they can use their earnings to buy snacks and other personal items approved by the management.
The Correctional Services Industries Section runs various trades, the largest two being the laundry services and garment-making. Other trades include carpentry, metal work, silk-screening, shoe-making, fibreglass work, pre-cast concrete making, leather work, knitting, printing, envelope making and book-binding. In order to keep pace with the counterparts in the commercial sector, Correctional Services Industries put much effort into re-structuring the product lines, upgrading manufacturing know-how and technology, and improving quality.
The products of Correctional Services Industries are mainly provided to govern- ment departments and public organisations, with a small portion sold to the commercial sector or private individuals serving in the government. The commercial value of goods and services provided for the year was estimated at $398 million, representing a 5.3 per cent increase over the past year.
Detention Centres
Since June 16, 1988, it has been the policy that Vietnamese migrants (VMs) arriving in Hong Kong must undergo a screening procedure to determine if they are refugees.
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