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CS visits Stanley Prison and staff training centre

The Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, today (Thursday) visited the maximum security prison and Correctional Services Department (CSD) Staff Training Institute at Stanley to see the operation and management of the penal facility and the rigorous training programme for CSD recruits.

Accompanied by the Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Raymond Lai Ming-kee, and the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Pang Sung-yuen, Mrs Chan toured Stanley Prison where she visited several workshops, the kitchen, two accommodation halls and the prison hospital.

She was briefed on the prison's management and operation by the Chief Superintendent, Mr Chan Kong-sang. At present, Stanley Prison, which has a certified accommodation of 1,609, houses 1,999 inmates.

Chief Officer, Mr Lo Huen, also talked to Mrs Chan on various aspects of work at the printing and envelope-making workshops.

During a tour of the shoe-making workshop, the Chief Secretary was told the prisoners helped produce leatherware for the discipline services; and at the silk- screening workshop, she saw inmates working on a number of road signs which are exclusively produced by the Correctional Services Industries of CSD.

She also visited the garment workshop complex where she saw prisoners working in the cutting section and the television repair workshop.

The Principal Officer (Catering), Mr Cheng Shun-yan, informed the Chief Secretary of the recent renovation of the kitchen where prisoners prepare all the meals for other inmates.

At one of the accommodation halls, Assistant Officer I, Mr Li Joi-yiu, briefed Mrs Chan on the various renovations made to the cells to provide individual sanitary facilities to inmates.

The Chief Secretary also visited an accommodation hall which houses inmates serving long-term sentences as well as the institution's hospital.