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Friday, July 6, 1973
Included in the overall longer term development programme for the
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Prisons Department is a project for an annexe to Stanley Prison, which will
accommodate some 250 short-sentence prisoners who have served prison sentences
before.
Completely self-contained, this annexe will segregate these prisoners
from other inmates and enable them to be more effectively employed in outside
work, such as cleansing duties, maintenance of roads and buildings.
He added that not all the proposals for improvement were of a
structural nature. An all-out effort would be made to recruit more staff
and relieve the burden on existing personnel.
It was hoped that this, in turn, would enable the administration to
embark on a greatly expanded recreation programme for inmates, both at Stanley
and other institutions.
He disclosed that some staff members were already undergoing training
to provide a proper programme of physical education, which it was hoped to
implement shortly.
Commenting on the findings of the Board of Inquiry, set up to
investigate the disturbances in April, the spokesman said the report had
identified the following causes:
The introduction of a new type of violent offender, particularly in the younger age group.
Increasing resentment at the stricter controls to
prevent traffic in unauthorised articles, including
narcotics.
The heavy