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FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1984

+A 100 PER CENT PASS IS AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT NOT ONLY ON THEM BUT ALSO ON THEIR TUTORS,+ MR GARNER SAID AT THE CEREMONY, HELD AT STANLEY PRISON.

HE SAID IT ALSO SHOWED THAT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES TODAY PROVIDES THE FACILITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT FOR A PERSON SERVING SENTENCE TO USE THE TIME AT HIS DISPOSAL TO GOOD ADVANTAGE.

+THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT A GOOD CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMME IS NOT A WASTE OF MONEY AND CAN ASSIST THOSE WHO WISH TO CORRECT PREVIOUS ERRORS, HE SAID.

THE GROUP ARE SERVING SENTENCES RANGING FROM 5 TO 14 YEARS, AND ARE BETWEEN 22 AND 34 YEARS OF AGE.

THEY ARE ALL DUE FOR DISCHARGE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MONTHS.

THEY ARE ALL NOW TAKING THE SECOND YEAR COURSE, AND WILL SIT THE EXAMINATIONS IN MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES LATER THIS MONTH.

THE CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY RELATIVES OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE COMMISSIONER OPENED A NEWLY-BUILT WORKSHOP COMPLEX AND HOSPITAL WING AT STANLEY PRISON. CONSTRUCTION OF THE $26-MILLION PROJECT STARTED IN APRIL 1982 AND WAS COMPLETED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

THE THREE-STOREY WORKSHOP COMPLEX CONTAINS EIGHT WORKSHOPS, WHICH IN THE MAIN WILL BE GIVEN OVER TO THE MAKING OF STOCK-SIZE UNIFORMS AND OTHER GARMENTS FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF.

IT ALSO CONTAINS A WORKSHOP FOR TELEVISION AND RADIO REPAIR ALONG WITH MUCH NEEDED STORAGE SPACE FOR MATERIALS AND FINISHED PRODUCTS, AND THE OFFICES OF THE TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL STAFF.

THE NEW HOSPITAL WING PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR 10 PRISONERS UNDER SECURE CONDITIONS. IT ALSO HAS A DENTAL SURGERY, A CONSULTANT EXAMINATION ROOM, AND A VISITING ROOM FOR THOSE NOT FIT ENOUGH TO USE THE NORMAL VISITING FACILITIES.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR GARNER SAID THE NEW WORKSHOPS MARKED YET ANOTHER IMPORTANT STAGE IN THE EXPANSION OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES.

+THE ACCOMMODATION AND THE FACILITIES PROVIDED WILL FILL A DEFINITE NEED AND GIVE ANOTHER BOOST TO INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT,+ HE SAID.

STANLEY PRISON HOLDS 1 487 PRISONERS, AND ENABLES THEM TO SERVE THEIR SENTENCES UNDER. CONDITIONS WHICH ARE CONDUCIVE TO REFORMATION AND REINTEGRATION IN THE COMMUNITY IN LINE WITH THE POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR GARNER ADDED.

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