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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1988

TRAINING PROGRAMMES DEMONSTRATE EMPHASIS ON REFORM

THE WORK OF THE MODERN CORRECTIONAL SERVICES OFFICER IS FAR MOVED FROM THE DAYS WHEN PRISONS WERE MERELY PLACES OF PUNISHMENT AND THERE IS NOW A GREAT DEAL OF EMPHASIS ON REFORM AND REHABILITATION, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR GEOFFREY

BARNES, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

PASSING-OUT

SPEAKING AT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S PARADE AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE AT STANLEY, MR BARNES SAID THIS POINT WAS DEMONSTRATED BY THE WIDE VARIETY OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF OFFENDERS IN DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS.

"FURTHER PROGRESS IN THE REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS WILL BR MADE POSSIBLE SHORTLY WITH THE INTRODUCTION ON JULY 1 OF THE RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION SCHEME AND THE PRE-RELEASE EMPLOYMENT SCHEME, HE

ADDED.

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UNDER THESE SCHEMES, THE RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION BOARD, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF A SERVING JUDGE, WILL CONSIDER APPLICATIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR, WHILE THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL UNDERTAKE THE CHALLENGING JOB OF SUPERVISING THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS AND ASSISTING THEM TO BECOME USEFUL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

MR BARNES ALSO SAID THAT APART FROM THE CUSTODIAL AND REFORMATIVE FUNCTIONS, THERE WOULD BE OCCASIONS WHEN THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED UPON TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT IN OTHER DUTIES.

"A NOTABLE AND CURRENT EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN RUNNING THE CLOSED CENTRES FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, NOW EXTENDED TO COVER ALSO THE NEW DETENTION CENTRES FOR VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

"THE ADDITIONAL WORK AND THE STRAIN ON STAFF THESE DUTIES IMPOSE ARE VERY CONSIDERABLE, HE SAID.

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HE ALSO PRAISED THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF FOR EFFICIENCY AND FOREBEARANCE THEY DISPLAYED IN ADDITIONAL DUTIES.

RESOURCES WHICH

THE CO-OPERATION,

PERFORMING THESE

"I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, AND STILL AM, GREATLY IMPRESSED BY THE ADMIRABLE STANDARDS ACHIEVED IN THE INSTITUTIONS AND BY THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF THE STAFF, HE ADDED.

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TODAY, 32 ASSISTANT OFFICERS WHO HAVE JUST DEPARTMENT'S BASIC TRAINING WERE ON PARADE.

THE TWO MR LAM CHOR-SHING AND MISS LEUNG WAI-CHUN, WERE WHISTLES BY MR BARNES.

COMPLETED THE

BEST RECRUITS, PRESENTED SILVER

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