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15. On 15th October Mr. Hopkins, after 28 years Service in the Home, Cyprus and Hong Kong Prisons Services, during which time he had acted as Superintendent of Prisons, Hong Kong, on 4 occasions, was invalided to England, and Mr. H. Barrett, Chief Warder, was appointed Acting Superintendent pending the arrival of a new Superintendent from elsewhere.
16. The authorized establishment of Subordinate Staff for 1938 was :-
European Officers 65 Indian Officers 235 Chinese Staff 55 Male Staff 355 Female Officers 28 Total Subordinate Staff 38317. European Officers are, with a few exceptions, recruited locally from men of The Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and The Army. Most of these men take their discharge in the Colony in order to obtain employment as Prison Officers. They have to serve for 12 months on probation before being confirmed in their appointments, and their training as Prison Officers is carried out in the course of their duties during this period. In the case of these men, fully trained in the Fighting Services, it is not considered that any more elaborate form of training for their duties as Prison Officers is required.
18. The recruitment of Indian Officers is a more difficult matter. These officers are generally selected in India by Senior Indian Officers on leave from Hong Kong and it is, therefore, impossible for them to be interviewed by the Superintendent of the Prison before selection as is done in the case of European Officers.
19. Indian recruits, almost without exception, have received no previous disciplinary training and the present establishment, being the minimum necessary to run the prisons, does not allow of the formation of a training school. The result is that a dangerous reliance sometimes has to be placed on men who are unknown quantities and who may be, at best, only half trained in their duties.
20. It is proposed to examine the possibilities of arranging for a three months "recruits course" for these men before they are allowed to undertake any responsible prison duties.
21. Female Officers are engaged and trained locally and this method has proved satisfactory. The recruitment of Chinese Staff presents no difficulties.
22. The following table shows the number of reports against members of the staff and the nature of the punishments inflicted in consequence:
Punishment Europeans Indians Chinese Wardresses Dismissed 1 Reduced in rank 1 Increment deferred Increment stopped Fined from $10-$25 1 Fined from $5-$10 1 3 Fined from $1-$5 14 30 Fined less than $1 2 31 Extra duty Reprimand 8 22 11L 3
15. On 15th October Mr. Hopkins, after 28 years Service in the Home, Cyprus and Hong Kong Prisons Services, during which time he had acted as Superintendent of Prisons, Hong Kong, on 4 occasions, was invalided to England, and Mr. H. Barrett, Chief Warder, was appointed Acting Superintendent pending the arrival of a new Superintendent from elsewhere.
16. The authorized establishment of Subordinate Staff for 1938 was :-
European Officers
65
Indian Officers
.235
Chinese Staff
55
Male Staff.
355
Female Officers
28
383
Total Subordinate Staff
17. European Officers are, with a few exceptions, recruited locally from men of The Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and The Army. Most of these men take their discharge in the Colony in order to obtain employment as Prison Officers. They have to serve for 12 months on probation before being confirmed in their appointments, and their training as Prison Officers is carried out in the course of their duties during this period. In the case of these men, fully trained in the Fighting Services, it is not considered that any more elaborate form of training for their duties as Prison Officers is required.
18. The recruitment of Indian Officers is a more difficult matter. These officers are generally selected in India by Senior Indian Officers on leave from Hong Kong and it is, therefore, impossible for them to be interviewed by the Superinten- dent of the Prison before selection as is done in the case of European Officers.
19. Indian recruits, almost without exception, have received no previous disciplinary training and the present establishment, being the minimum necessary to run the prisons, does not allow of the formation of a training school. The result is that a dangerous reliance sometimes has to be placed on men who are unknown quantities and who may be, at best, only half trained in their duties.
20. It is proposed to examine the possibilities of arranging for a three months "recruits course" for these men before they are allowed to undertake any responsible prison duties..
21. Female Officers are engaged and trained locally and this method has proved satisfactory.
The recruitment of Chinese Staff presents no difficulties.
22. The following table shows the number of reports against members of the staff and the nature of the punishments inflicted in consequence:
Punishment.
Dismissed
Reduced in rank
Increment deferred
Increment stopped
Europeans.
Indians.
Chinese
Wardresses.
1
1
Fined from $10-$25
Fined from
$5-$10
1
3
Fined from
$1. $5
14
30
Fined less than $1
2
31
Extra duty
Reprimand
00
8
22
11
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