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Friday, July 6, 1973

Included in the overall longer term development programme for the

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Prisons Department is a project for an annexe to Stanley Prison, which will

accommodate some 250 short-sentence prisoners who have served prison sentences

before.

Completely self-contained, this annexe will segregate these prisoners

from other inmates and enable them to be more effectively employed in outside

work, such as cleansing duties, maintenance of roads and buildings.

He added that not all the proposals for improvement were of a

structural nature. An all-out effort would be made to recruit more staff

and relieve the burden on existing personnel.

It was hoped that this, in turn, would enable the administration to

embark on a greatly expanded recreation programme for inmates, both at Stanley

and other institutions.

He disclosed that some staff members were already undergoing training

to provide a proper programme of physical education, which it was hoped to

implement shortly.

Commenting on the findings of the Board of Inquiry, set up to

investigate the disturbances in April, the spokesman said the report had

identified the following causes:

The introduction of a new type of violent offender, particularly in the younger age group.

Increasing resentment at the stricter controls to

prevent traffic in unauthorised articles, including

narcotics.

The heavy