WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991
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PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
8.
THE POLICY COMMITMENTS FOR PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL AS SET OUT IN THE 1979 WHITE PAPER WERE:
SERVICES
(A)
TO STRENGTHEN THE PROBATION SERVICE;
(B)
TO ESTABLISH MORE INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES; AND
9.
(C)
TO EXPAND AFTERCARE SERVICE, THE VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONERS, AND PROBATION REPORTING CENTRES.
THE FOLLOWING MEASURES HAVE BEEN MADE TO IMPROVE PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES :
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00
(A)
PROBATION SERVICE
(I)
A
(II)
THE
NEW COMMUNITY-BASED PROBATION SERVICE, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDER SCHEME, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1987. SCHEME HAS PROVED TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
THE PROBATION SERVICE WAS STRENGTHENED WITH 20 ADDITIONAL PROBATION OFFICERS.
FOR THE (III) SERVICES
COURTS HAVE BEEN
BY IMPROVED
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HIGH COURT PROBATION OFFICE, WITH AN IMPROVED MANNING SCALE.
AND (IV) TWO NEW PROBATION OFFICES WERE ESTABLISHED AT SHATIN
MUN. TUEN
EIGHT OF THE 11 PROBATION OFFICES ARE NOW LOCATED
OR OFFICES AT DISTRICT/REGIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE MULTI-SERVICE PREMISES, WHICH PROVIDE A STIGMA-FREE ENVIRONMENT. ONE REPORTING CENTRE AND 11 SUB-OFFICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR EASY ACCESS BY CLIENTS.
R
(V)
THE VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONERS WAS SERVE RESIDENTS IN INSTITUTIONS.
EXTENDED
ΤΟ
(B)
INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES
II
R
(1)
STUDY
OF
IN
THREE NEW HOMES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AFTER A THE USE OF THE INSTITUTIONS BY AN OVERSEAS CONSULTANT 1981.
(II)
OF
THE RESIDENTIAL TRAINING PROGRAMME WAS IMPROVED
THE QUALIFIED TEACHERS INTO INTRODUCTION STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION.
BY
THE
HOMES
ΤΟ
-
HALF-WAY
(ONE
NEWLY
(III) AFTERCARE SERVICE HAS BEEN STREAMLINED FOR DISCHARGEES OF
SCHOOLS. REFORMATORY
FOR EX PRISONERS, TWO HOUSES FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS ESTABLISHED AND ONE CONVERTED FROM AN EXISTING HOSTEL) FOR ESTABLISHED IN THE 1980S. THE MANNING SCALE COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR EX-PRISONERS WAS IMPROVED IN THE 1980S BRINGING THE CASELOAD PER WORKER TO 1:90.
WERE
/(IV) TO ENSURE