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addicts from their dependence on drugs. Assistance is also given to inmates with post- release employment and accommodation problems.

Drug addicts may be detained in a drug addiction treatment centre from two to 12 months, depending on their progress. In-centre treatment is followed by 12 months of statutory after-care supervision.

Medical Services

All institutions have their own hospital providing basic medical treatment, health and dental care to inmates. Those requiring specialist treatment are either referred to a visiting consultant or to specialist clinics in public hospitals. Although HIV infection and AIDS are not a problem among inmates, the CSD has established guidelines for its staff in handling such cases, as well as a programme of education and prevention. Ante-natal and post-natal care is provided in institutions for female inmates, but babies are normally delivered in public hospitals. The Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre treats prisoners with mental health problems, and offers psychiatric consultations and assessments for inmates referred by other institutions and the courts.

Psychological Services

Psychological services are provided to inmates to enhance their psychological well- being and to correct their behaviour. Clinical psychologists and trained officers provide special treatment programmes for sex offenders, inmates with addictive problems and young offenders as well as long-term prisoners. They also offer professional advice to courts, review boards and institutional management to assist decision-making on the management and rehabilitation of offenders.

After-care Services

After-care supervision is provided to persons discharged from training, detention and drug addiction treatment centres, young prisoners and prisoners discharged under the Release Under Supervision, Pre-release Employment, Post-release Supervision of Prisoners, Conditional Release and Supervision After Release Schemes. The aim of after-care services is to facilitate supervisees' rehabilitation and reintegration into society. A rapport among the supervisees, their families and the after-care staff is cultivated to help the supervisees tackle obstacles on their path to rehabilitation. Throughout the statutory supervision period, regular contacts are maintained between the aftercare staff and their respective supervisees to ensure that the supervisees settle well into the community and comply with the conditions of the supervision orders. Any breach of the supervision conditions may result in the supervisee being recalled for a further period of training, treatment or imprisonment. Under the Release Under Supervision and Pre-release Employment Schemes, successful applicants may be discharged directly from prison for after-care supervision or permitted to go out to work and live in a hostel with after-care services. Both schemes aim at enabling suitable, eligible and motivated prisoners to serve their sentences in an open environment with supervision.

The Post-release Supervision of Prisoners Scheme provides after-care supervision for certain categories of adult prisoners to facilitate their rehabilitation and reintegration into society. Prisoners breaching the supervision conditions may be recalled to serve the balance of their unexpired supervision period. Under the Conditional Release Scheme, which has been operational since June 1997, prisoners