NCJ Number
135608
Date Published
1991
Length
74 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes the 1990 operations and achievements of various components of the Hong Kong Correctional Services.
Abstract
The report on correctional personnel addresses the number, recruitment, the Manpower Review Team, the Staff Relations and Welfare Unit, and associations for corrections personnel. The account of staff training describes the program of the Staff Training Institute, aspects of departmental training, and overseas training. A report on operations encompasses prisons, training and detention center referrals, training centers, the detention center, the Young Offender Assessment Panel, and drug addiction treatment centers. Aftercare programs are also reviewed. Other major sections of the report cover mental health services, medical services, education and training, religious services, the inspectorate, the Vietnamese Unit (focuses on the needs of Vietnamese migrants), correctional services industries, administration, and distinguished visitors to the Hong Kong corrections system. Appended statistics and supplementary information