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SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1975

SOME ELIEF IN PRISON OVERCROWDING IN SIGHT

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MR. PETER WILLIAMS, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, TODAY IMPRESSED ON GRADUATING PRISON RECRUITS THAT THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SERVICE DEPENDED ON THE SELF-DISCIPLINE OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

HE TOLD THE 108 OFFICERS AT THEIR PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE AT STANLEY THIS MORNING THAT THEY WOULD ENCOUNTER MANY DIFFICULTIES, PARTICULARLY AS THE HIGHER PRISON POPULATION HAD CREATED A SEVERE STRAIN ON EXISTING PRISONER ACCOMMODATION.

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+I KNOW THAT GOVERNMENT AND MY UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE KEENLY AWARE OF THESE DIFFICULTIES AND EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WILL BE DONE TO SUPPORT YOU,+ HE SAID.

+SOME RELIEF WILL BE FORTHCOMING THIS YEAR, HE ADDED +WHEN THE MINIMUM SECURITY PRISON AT PIK UK FOR 600 PRISONERS BECOMES FULLY OPERATIONAL NEXT MONTH, AND LATER THE MAXIMUM SECURITY TRAINING CENTRE FOR 400 BECOMES AVAILABLE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.+

MR. WILLIAMS COMMENDED THE GRADUATES FOR CHOOSING A CAREER IN THE PRISONS SERVICE, WHICH HE DESCIBED AS A CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGE. AND HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAD THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS TO SUCCEED.

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