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Public Order

work and a vigorous routine. After release, the young offenders are placed under one-year statutory supervision.

Rehabilitation centres provide a sentencing option for the courts to deal with young offenders. aged between 14 and 20 who are in need of a short-term residential rehabilitation programme. Young offenders are subject to one-year statutory supervision after release.

Education

Young offenders under 21 are required to attend educational classes conducted by qualified teachers. They are encouraged to take part in both local and overseas public examinations. Offenders seeking an education may obtain financial assistance from the Prisoners' Education Trust Fund, the Prisoners' Education Subsidy Fund and the Care of Rehabilitated Offenders Association Foundation, which are all set up with charitable donations.

Vocational Training

To help young offenders reintegrate 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. The CSD provides eligible adult offenders2 wishing to participate in the programmes with pre-release vocational courses. Full-time and part-time courses are provided at the Hei Ling Chau Correctional Institution, the Lo Wu Correctional Institution, the Pak Sha Wan Correctional Institution, the Pik Uk Prison, the Tong Fuk Correctional Institution and the Tung Tau Correctional Institution. Part-time courses are also held at six other 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, a sense of responsibility and self-confidence. Through the training received at work, offenders can also acquire work skills to facilitate their reintegration into society.

In 2012, a daily average of about 4,790 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 and metal 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 plus other domestic work and services provided for the CSD, was $397.5 million in 2012.

Welfare and Counselling Services

Rehabilitation Officers look after the welfare of persons in custody, and help them deal with personal problems arising from their detention or imprisonment. They conduct individual and group counselling sessions and assist in running various rehabilitation programmes and

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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.

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