Staff Training

The department provides staff with recruit, development and specialist
training at the Staff Training Institute, and in-service training at individual
penal institutions. Training curriculums place emphasis on both theory and
practice, and include laws of the HKSAR, departmental rules and
regulations, counselling, social work techniques, management,
psychology, criminology, penology, first aid, foot drill, anti-riot drill,
self-defence, emergency response tactics, adventure training, field
training, Putonghua, Chinese writing skills and personal computer training.

Training programmes are reviewed regularly to meet changing society and
operational needs. Apart from uniformed staff, orientation/recruit training
courses are also arranged for newly appointed non-custodial staff, such
as clinical psychologists and technical instructors.

Selected staff are also sent on courses run by relevant government
departments and local universities, or to participate in overseas visits and
training in order to broaden their horizons and to keep them abreast of the
latest trend and development in correctional services world wide.

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