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MONDAY, MAY 6, 1974
PRISON INDUSTRY BEING REVIEVED
THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE PRISON INDUSTRY WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING EXISTING FACILITIES.
AT PRESENT, EVERY INMATE - EXCEPT THOSE CERTIFIED MEDICALLY UNFIT IS REQUIRED TO WORK IN AN AVAILABLE TRADE MOST SUITED TO HIS ABILITY DURING HIS TERM OF SENTENCE. EXISTING TRADES INCLUDE TAILORING, SHOE-MAKING, LAUNDRY WORK, RATTANWARE, METAL WORK, CARPENTRY, BAMBOOWARE, PAINTING, PRINTING, SILK-SCREENING AND FIBRE-GLASS MOULDING.
+THE PRISON INDUSTRY PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS, + SAID MR. WALLACE KINGHT, SUPER- INTENDENT CINDUSTRIAL) OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT. +IT is CONCERNED MAINLY WITH EQUIPPING EVERY PRISONER WITH SOME SKILLS WHICH WILL STAND HIM IN GOOD STEAD IN THE EMPLOYMENT MARKET WHEN HE LEAVES.+
*FOR THIS REASON, WE KEEP A CONSTANT WATCH ON THE SKILLS WHICH ARE IN DEMAND OUTSIDE AND TRY TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN THESE SKILLS.+
RECENTLY INCREASINGLY MORE SOPHISTICATED SKILLS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED INTO PRISON WORKSHOPS, INCLUDING SILK-SCREENING AND FIBRE-GLASS MOULDING, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNS USED IN HUNG KUNG ARE MADE BY PRISONERS USING SILK-SCREENING TECHNIQUES. ALSU, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THOSE WITH A SKILL IN FIBRE-GLASS MOULDING CAN EASILY FIND EMPLOYMENT UN RELEASE FROM PRISON= THE AVERAGE DAILY INCOME OF A SKILLED FIBRE-GLASS WORKER WAS BETWEEN $40 TO $60.
MOREOVER, THE PRISON INDUSTRY IS A MAIN SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR SOME GÜVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT. FUR EXAMPLE, GOODS VALUED AT $8 MILLION AT THE MARKET VALUE WERE PRODUCED BY PRISON INDUSTRY LAST YEAR AT A COST OF ABOUT $3 MILLION TO THE GOVERNMENT.
+WHILE PRISON INDUSTRY CAN AND DOES HELP TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO THE GOVERNMENT, THE MAIN PENOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES OF PRISON INDUSTRY IS TO KEEP PRISONERS GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AND EQUIP THEM WITH SKILLS, 50 THAT THEY CAN EARN A LIVING AFTER RELEASE .FROM PRISON.
+İN RECENT YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT HEAVILY ON HACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRISON INDUSTRY SO THAT THESE OBJECTIVES MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVELY ATTAINED.
+THE OBJECT OF THE REVIEW PRESENTLY TAKING PLACE IS TO SEE HOW AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE PRISON INDUSTRY STILL MORE EFFICIENT, ITS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASED= MORE TRADES ADDED AND BETTEM TRAINING GIVEN TO THE INMATES,+ MR. KINGHT SAID.
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