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Saturday, March 30, 1974
PASSING-OUT PARADE OF PRISON OFFICERS
Mr. R.V. Brimmicombe-Wood, Acting Senior Superintendent of
Prisons, said today that with changing patterna in crime and variations
in the type of offender it is necessary for the prison officers to
keep abreast of development.
He was speaking at the passing out parade of prison officers
at the Prisons Department Staff Training Institute at Stanley.
Mr. Brimicombe-Wood told the prison officers that routines
would now become an essential part of their work.
"Such routines are made doubly difficult due to the overcrowding
problem which exists in some institutions and with which you must contend,"
he said. "Such problems have to be faced as they are part and parcel of
your job. You must therefore always be alert and prepared for the unexpected."
Mr. Brimmicombe-Wood said that the duty of prison officers to
the community in the safe custody of the dangerous offender must be
paramount.
However, he said: "Prisoners are people and whilst you must
maintain a high degree of discipline, you must always be fair, in keeping
with humanitarian principles."
Taking part in the parade today were 8 Prison Officers and 68
Assistant Prison Officers II.
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