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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1985
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VISITORS ALSO SAW A WIDE RANGE OF CONTRABAND ON DISPLAY, INCLUDING DANGEROUS DRUGS AND SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA, WHICH HAD BEEN SEIZED BY THE CUSTOMS DURING PAST OPERATIONS.
AMONG THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS WERE SOME SPECIAL EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CUSTOMS AND TWO CUSTOMS LAUNCHES MOORED AT QUEEN'S PIER.
THERE WERE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS DEPICTING THE DUTIES
OF THE MAJOR DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THE CUSTOMS EXHIBITION WAS ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE 10-DAY CAREERS '86 EXHIBITION NOW BEING STAGED IN THE CITY HALL.
TRAINING FOR CORRECTIONAL STAFF STRESSED
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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PLACES GREAT IMPORTANCE ON GIVING THEIR STAFF APPROPRIATE TRAINING IN CORRECTIONAL WORK THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR GARTH HYDES, SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST OPEN DAY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY, MR HYDES SAID THE CORRECTIONAL STAFF WERE CONFRONTED DAILY BY OFTEN VIOLENT AND DIFFICULT PRISONERS WHO DID NOT EASILY CHANGE THEIR WAYS ON ADMISSION TO PRISONS.
THE STAFF HAD ALSO TO DEAL WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF OFFENDERS WHICH INCLUDED YOUNG OFFENDERS, DRUG DEPENDENTS, FIRST OFFENDERS, HABITUAL CRIMINALS AND GANG MEMBERS, HE ADDED.
+OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT A EASY TASK AND, THEREFORE, GREAT IMPORTANCE IS PLACED ON GIVING OUR OFFICERS APPROPRIATE TRAINING, - HE SAID.
+THIS IS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO PRACTICAL SUBJECT SUCH AS FOOT-DRILL, SELF-DEFENCE, WEAPONRY, RIOT-CONTROL AND WORKSHOP PROCEDURES WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF DAY TO DAY WORK, BUT ALSO THE MORE THEORETICAL SUBJECTS SUCH AS PSYCHOLOGY, CRIMINOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, HE SAID.
THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY WAS OPENED IN 1968 AND WAS FURTHER EXPANDED IN 1983. TRAINING FACILITIES INCLUDE MOCK CELLS, AN INDOOR FIRING RANGE, A MUSEUM, A LIBRARY, A TRAINING COURT, A TRAINING NURSING WARD, A GYMNASIUM AND CLASSROOMS.
THE OPEN DAY WAS AIMED AT INTRODUCING THE WORK OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND ITS STAFF TRAINING PROGRAMMES TO THE PUBLIC.
/THERE WERN