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340 Public Order

Offenders seeking an education may obtain financial assistance from the Prisoners' Education Trust Fund, the New Life Foundation and the Prisoners' Education Subsidy Fund, which are all set up with charitable donations.

Vocational Training

To help young offenders reintegrate smoothly into society as law-abiding citizens, the CSD provides half-day vocational training programmes for young offenders under 21 years of age to enable them to acquire job skills, obtain accreditation and develop work habits.

For eligible adult offenders3 wishing to participate in the programmes, the CSD provides them with pre-release vocational courses. Full-time courses are provided at Hei Ling Chau Correctional Institution, Lo Wu Correctional Institution, Pak Sha Wan Correctional Institution, Pik Uk Prison, Tong Fuk Correctional Institution and Tung Tau Correctional institution. Part-time courses are also held in the above institutions and another six institutions.

Correctional Services Industries

The CSD provides work for adult offenders as required by law to keep them gainfully employed and to help them develop good working habits, sense of responsibility and self-confidence. Through the training received at work, offenders can also cultivate work skills to facilitate their reintegration into society.

In 2010, a daily average of about 5 203 offenders were engaged in productive work, providing government departments and subvented bodies with a wide range of goods and services. These include office furniture, uniforms, leather products, hospital linen, filter masks, fibreglass litter containers, traffic signs, precast concrete products, laundry services for hospitals and clinics, book binding for public libraries, printing work, file jackets and envelopes. The market value of these goods and services, together with other domestic work and services provided for CSD, was $395 million in 2010.

Welfare and Counselling Services

Rehabilitation Officers look after the welfare of persons detained in custody, and help them deal with personal problems and difficulties arising from their detention or imprisonment. They conduct individual and group counselling sessions and assist in running various rehabilitation programmes and services such as pre-release reintegration orientation courses, making arrangements for the prisoners to meet their family members and supplying them with information on community resources.

Drug Addiction Treatment

The CSD runs a compulsory treatment programme for convicted drug addicts, which provides the courts with an alternative to imprisonment. Male offenders are accommodated at Hei Ling Chau Addiction Treatment Centre and Lai Sun Correctional Institution, whereas females are accommodated at Nei Kwu Correctional

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'eligible adult offender' means an adult offender who is allowed to be employed or work and is not subject to any condition of stay in Hong Kong after discharge.