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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1985

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NEED FOR BALANCE IN CORRECTIONAL WORK STRESSED

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THERE WAS A PUBLIC DEMAND FOR THE CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATOR TO ENSURE THAT IMPRISONMENT ACTS AS A DETERRENT AND TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMMES LEADING TO REFORMATION, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER SAID TODAY.

THE WORK OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE MUST BE BALANCED WITH, ON ONE HAND, THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND ON THE OTHER WITH THE PROVISION OF POSITIVE PROGRAMMES FOR OFFENDERS WITHIN A DISCIPLINED SETTING, HE SAID.

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AND THE RISING EXPECTATIONS OF PRISONERS MUST ALSO BE MET, FOR PERSONS IN CUSTODY HAD BASIC RIGHTS, HE SAID.

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+THE IR EXPECTATIONS, HOWEVER, SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO LEAD TO A SITUATION OF BUYING PRISONER COOPERATIONS,+ MR GARNER SAID.

MR GARNER STRESSED THE NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FOR EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON NORTH.

RECENTLY THERE HAD BEEN AMPLE EVIDENCE THAT CHANGING RESPONSIBILITIES WERE MAKING NEW DEMANDS ON THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE, HE SAID.

+TO MEET THESE NEW DEMANDS+, HE SAID, THE ADMINISTRATORS MUST RE-STRUCTURE AND CONTINUE TO RE-STRUCTURE THE SERVICE IN E KEEPING WITH THESE CHANGING RESPONSIBILITIES.+

HE SAID THAT MANY PRESENT PRISON SERVICES ADMINISTERED OTHER PROGRAMMES, SUCH AS PRE-RELEASE WORK PROGRAMMES AND AFTER-CARE, IN ADDITION TO PRISONS.

THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE HAD ALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADMINISTERING THE REFUGEE CAMPS, HE SAID.

+THIS NEW RESPONSIBILITY HAS ARISEN AS A RESULT OF THE RECOGNITION THAT A CORRECTIONAL SERVICE IS INVOLVED IN TAKING CARE OF THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE PARTICULARLY IN LARGE NUMBERS,+ HE SAID.

HONG KONG WAS A WORLD LEADER IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS, HE SAID.

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