SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1974.
IMPORTANCE OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN PRISONERS
AND PRISONS OFFICERS STRESSED ******
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR. LEWIS DAVIES, TODAY URGED PRISONS OFFICERS TO INSTIL DISCIPLINE AND SECURE COOPERATION NOT ONLY AMONG THEMSELVES BUT ALSO AMONG PRISONERS SO AS TO ENSURE THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF THE PRISONS SERVICE.
SPEAKING DURING THE LARGEST-EVER PASSING OUT PARADE OF 104 PRISONS OFFICERS AT STANLEY, MR. DAVIES NOTED THAT CO-OPERATION 'BETWEEN STAFF AND PRISONERS +IS A VASTLY MORE DIFFICULT THING
TO ACHIEVE.+
+BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU MUST ACHIEVE IT BECAUSE A PRISON OR A TRAINING CENTRE OR A DETENTION CENTRE WON'T WORK WITHOUT DISCIPLINE AND CO-OPERATION.+
HE DESCRIBED PRISONS OFFICERS AS DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN ON WHOM THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO RELY TO STAFF THE INSTITUTIONS IN WHICH +WRONG-DOERS+ WERE KEPT.
AS THE JOB OF A PRISONS OFFICER INVOLVED RISKS AND DIFFICUL- TIES, MR. DAVIES ADVISED THE OFFICERS ON PARADÉ TO BE ALWAYS ON THE ALERT AND ALWAYS BE READY FOR THE UNEXPECTED.
+YOU MUST ALWAYS UPHOLD DISCIPLINE AND CARRY OUT ORDERS AS SOON AS THEY ARE GIVEN? FOR WITHOUT DISCIPLINE AND ALERTNESS YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO SUPERVISE AND CONTROL THE BEHAVIOUR OF PEOPLE,· PEOPLE WHO HAVE OFTEN BEEN DESPERATE MEN AND WOMEN.+
HE ADDED: +IMPRISONMENT NOT ONLY REMOVES PEOPLE FROM ORDINARY LIFE, IT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO HELP PRISONERS TO MEND THEIR WAYS AND HERE YOUR INFLUENCE AND EXAMPLE 'IS VITAL.+
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY STRESSED THAT A PRISONS OFFICER MUST, NOT ONLY BE FAIR AND FIRM, BUT ALSO SHOW, HUMANITY AND UNDERSTANDING.
+YOU CAN STILL CARRY OUT YOUR DUTIES WITH FIRMNESS AND TACT WITHOUT AT THE SAME TIME BEING ARROGANT AND UNSYMPATHETIC,+ MR. DAVIES OBSERVED.
HE ALSO REMINDED THE OFFICERS NOT TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO BREACHES OF PRISON RULES.
TAKING PART IN THE PARADE WERE 22 OFFICERS, INCLUDING FIVE WOMEN AND 82 ASSISTANT OFFICERS 11, FIVE OF WHOM WERE WOMEN.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF MR. DAVIES' SPEECH ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
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