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Public Order
major infrastructure projects, including the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Central- Wanchai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link, were delivered on schedule. The market value of these goods and services was $442 million.
Welfare and Counselling
Rehabilitation officers look after the welfare of persons in custody and help them deal with personal problems arising from their detention or imprisonment. The officers provide counselling and rehabilitation programmes such as pre-release reintegration orientation courses, make arrangements for the persons in custody to meet their families and supply information on community resources.
Drug Addiction Treatment
Convicted drug addicts may undergo a compulsory treatment programme as an alternative to imprisonment. Addicts aged between 14 and 20 are accommodated separately from the adults. The length of treatment is the same, ranging from two to 12 months of in-centre treatment followed by one year of statutory supervision.
Health Care
All correctional institutions have on-site hospitals staffed by qualified personnel to provide basic health care. Persons in custody who need specialist treatment are referred to visiting specialists or public hospitals.
Psychological Services
Psychological services seek to improve the psychological well-being of persons in custody and to change their offending behaviour. Clinical psychologists and trained officers provide treatment for sex offenders, violent offenders, drug addicts, and young persons and women in custody. They submit assessment reports to the courts, review boards and institutional management on request. The department assesses the person's risk of reoffending upon discharge. In November, the Life Gym was opened at Stanley Prison as Hong Kong's first positive living centre for male persons in custody, to help them desist from crime and cultivate positive living.
Statutory Supervision
Statutory supervision aims to help supervisees reintegrate into society. It is provided to young persons discharged from custody, people discharged from training, rehabilitation, detention and drug addiction treatment centres, and those discharged under various statutory schemes. A breach of the supervision conditions may result in recall for a further period of training, treatment or imprisonment. At the year end, 1,412 people were under active statutory supervision.
Community Support
Community acceptance and support are paramount to an offender's rehabilitation and reintegration into society. The Committee on Community Support for Rehabilitated Offenders. is a non-statutory advisory body appointed by the Commissioner of Correctional Services to advise on rehabilitation, reintegration and publicity measures. It comprises community leaders,
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