FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1989
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CSD HAS RESPONDED. POSITIVELY TO FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES
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ALTHOUGH THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) HAS THE UNENVIABLE TASK OF LOOKING AFTER SOME 22.000 VIETNAMESE PEOPLE AND. AT THE SAME TIME. HAS THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF CUSTODIAN OF ROMF 11.000 OFFENDERS AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REHABILITATION OFFENDERS INTO SOCIETY. THE SERVICE HAS NEVERTHELESS POSITIVELY TO THESE FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES.
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THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN CARTER, SAID THIS TODAY (FRIDAY) AT THE CSD'S PASSING-OUT PARADE HELD AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.
MR CARTER SAID THE INFLUX OF LARGE NUMBERS OF BOAT PEOPLE. COINCIDING WITH INCREASES IN CUSTODIAL SENTENCES PASSED ON 1 LLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, HAD HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
"MOST OBVIOUSLY, STAFF RESOURCES HAVE BEEN STRETCHED ΤΟ THE LIMIT WHILST OVERCROWDING HAS MADE LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR STAFF AND INMATES ALIKE," HE SAID.
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"THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BOAT PEOPLE, WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED NO CRIME. HAS CALLED FOR NEW MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES. OVERCROWDING AND STAFF SHORTAGES HAVE BEEN MET WITH INGENUITY AND DETERMINATION."
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MR CARTER SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO LOWERING OF STANDARDS, EDUCATIONAL, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND AFTER-CARE PROGRAMMES CONTINUED TO RECEIVE HIGH PRIORITY.
"OF PARTICULAR NOTE, AND GOOD NEWS FOR ALL TAXPAYERS HAS BEEN THE SUCCESS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES, WHOSE ACTIVITIES HAVE AN IMPORTANT DUAL ROLE, TO KEEP PRISONERS GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AND TO SAVE TAXPAYERS' MONEY BY PRODUCING A WIDE RANGE OF GOODS AND SERVICES, HE POINTED OUT.
THE VALUE OF GOODS PRODUCED LAST YEAR HAD MILLION, A RISE OF ALMOST 11 PER CENT,
"THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT BY PARTICULARLY SO AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF RECENT
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INCREASED TO 9178
ANY STANDARDS, BUT EVENTS, MR CARTER
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TODAY'S PARADE MARKED THE PASSING-OUT OFFICERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED SIX MONTHS OF BASIC TRAINING AT THE TRAINING INSTITUTE.
MR CARTER PRESENTED SILVER WHISTLES TO THE 11 BEST RECRUITS.
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