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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987

FOR

THE

THE

INFORM

MR JEAFFRESON WENT ON. THE BILL HAD PROTECTIVE CLAUSES, EXAMPLE, UNDER CLAUSE 15(2) THE COMMISSIONER WOULD HAVE TO REPORT ORDER TO FACT THAT HE HAD REVOKED THE RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION SUPERVISION BOARD AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, AND HE WOULD HAVE TO THE RE-IMPRISONED PRISONER OF THE REASONS WHY HE HAD REVOKED IT.

TO

OF THE

THEN THE PRISONER HIMSELF, UNDER CLAUSE 16(1) HAD THE RIGHT

THE BOARD, FOR

REVIEW A THROUGH GOVERNOR, APPLY TO THE COMMISSIONER'S DECISION.

SOME MEMBERS FOUND IT UNDULY REFERRING TO THE COMMENT THAT

WHEN HE HARSH TO REQUIRE AN OFFENDER TO FORFEIT HIS EARNED REMISSION

MR JEAFFRESON SAID HE HAD OPTED FOR RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION SCHEME, CONSIDERABLE SYMPATHY WITH THAT VIEW.

"THE QUESTION OF THIS LOSING

OF REMISSION, UPON OPTING FOR POINTS THAT WE COME TO REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCHEME IN THREE YEARS' TIME," HE SAID.

RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION SCHEME, WILL BE ONE OF THE WILL VERY CAREFULLY

RE-EXAMINE

WE WHEN

NEW PAROLE SCHEME WELCOMED

UNDER THE IN IN THE

AND PRE-RELEASE EMPLOYMENT THE RELEASE

SUPERVISION UNDER

THE PRISONERS (RELEASE SCHEMES FOR PRISONERS PROVIDED FOR IN

A STEP FORWARD SUPERVISION) BILL 1987 WOULD BE WELCOMED AS

SAID THE HON PETER C. REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

WONG

AD HOC GROUP REGARDED AS

SPEAKING IN HIS CAPACITY AS CONVENER OF A LEGCO STUDYING THE BILL, MR WONG SAID THE TWO SCHEMES COULD BE A FIRST ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT THE CONCEPT OF PAROLE IN HONG KONG.

1972

WORKING PARTY HAD STUDIED PAROLE IN HONG KONG.

BECAUSE OF LARGELY

HE

IN

A GOVERNMENT SAID CAREFULLY A PROPOSAL TO INTRODUCE A SYSTEM OF HOWEVER, THE SYSTEM WAS NOT PURSUED AT THE TIME, INADEQUATE AFTERCARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

"WE HAVE SINCE THEN GAINED CONSIDERABLY MORE EXPERIENCE IN TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS," HE NOTED.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

THE

OF A PAROLE

TO

MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT THE SYSTEM WAS TO HELP OFFENDERS TO REFORM AND FACILITATE THEIR RETURN SOCIETY.

/HE SAID

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