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Probation and correctional services
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The probation and correctional services operate mainly in
response to the requirements of the courts and within the framework
of legislative authority, and there is therefore little scope from
the social work angle for initiating future policy. The probation
service will continue to be strengthened as necessary to meet the
demands made upon it, and additional institutional facilities will
be provided as required. The new Ma Tau Wei Girls' Home has solved
the problem of overcrowding experienced at the old home, and a new
probation hostel, with a capacity of 60 places, will be built in
Tuen Mun in 1981/2 to meet a shortfall in this area. Not all
juvenile court magistrates lay the same emphasis on the use of
correctional institutions; this leads to fluctuating occupancy rates
and difficulties in planning the education and pre-vocational
training of the inmates. It is necessary to monitor longer term
trends and to examine whether it is possible to change or modify the
use to which these institutions are put.
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There is greater scope, however, for the expansion of
services in the general field of aftercare. The Volunteer Scheme for
Probationers will be expanded to 100 volunteers in the current year
and its effectiveness evaluated, while the number of probation
reporting centres will be increased to five by 1980-81. In the
voluntary sector, plans are in hand to establish hostels both for
licensees and for discharged prisoners who are considered not ready
for full reintegration into the community.
Supporting services
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The increasing scope and complexity of social welfare
services in Hong Kong demand a parallel effort in developing supporting services, such as planning, research, evaluation and training. The
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