21 Feb 2023The Points#6079
Ta Kung Pao: “Prison-Visit Advisers” Incite Inmates, Plotting a New Round of Confrontation
懲教署額外親友探訪安排上月16日起恢復正常，定罪在囚人士每月可有額外兩次親友探訪安排。《大公報》周一（2月20日）的報道，以〈濫用權利|「探監師」唆擺在囚者投訴 密謀新一輪對抗〉為題，引述消息人士稱恢復安排後，「一眾黑暴餘孽竟化身為『探監師』，慫慂更生人士寫信投訴懲教署職員。」
The Correctional Services Department’s additional family and friends visiting arrangements resumed normal operation on the 16th of last month. Convicted inmates may have two additional family and friends visits each month. A Monday (February 20) report by Ta Kung Pao, headlined “Abusing Rights | ‘Prison-Visit Advisers’ Incite Rehabilitated Persons to Complain, Plotting a New Round of Confrontation,” quoted sources as saying that after the arrangements resumed, “the remnants of black violence have actually taken on the role of ‘prison-visit advisers’, encouraging rehabilitated persons to write letters complaining about Correctional Services Department staff.”
2 Feb 2023獨媒#5999
Ombudsman finds prisoner waited a month to submit court documents during JP visit
申訴專員公署主動調查太平紳士巡視計劃，結果發現有院所未即時通知被羈留或在囚人士有太平紳士巡視，在囚人士亦未被通知可要求與太平紳士單獨會面。公署引述個案指，一名在囚人士在太平紳士巡查時，要求遞交申請文件至司法機構，最終要一個月才獲安排遞交文件。亦有在囚人士向太平紳士投訴被職員針對及受到不合理待遇，個案交警方調查，輾轉8個月因無實質證據支持而終止調查，懲教署亦反對定期向太平紳士匯報需時較長個案。
The Office of The Ombudsman conducted a direct investigation into the Justices of the Peace visiting scheme and found that some institutions had not immediately informed detainees or prisoners about JP visits, nor told prisoners that they could request private meetings with JPs. The Ombudsman cited a case in which a prisoner requested during a JP inspection to submit application documents to the Judiciary, but was only given the arrangement to do so a month later. Another prisoner complained to JPs that staff had targeted him and treated him unreasonably. The case was referred to the police for investigation, but the investigation was terminated after eight months because there was no substantive evidence to support it. The Correctional Services Department also objected to regularly reporting longer-running cases to JPs.
22 Jan 2023獨媒#5973
Former inmate sells handmade leather personal property bags, hoping to shed stigma: “A beautiful commercial act”
在監獄中，在囚人士隨身攜帶、盛載日常用品的個人財物袋，俗稱「包頭袋」。曾入獄的前立法會議員邵家臻，昨（21日）在上環見山書店擔任「一日店長」之餘，亦帶來由釋囚人士製作「皮革版」包頭袋，開放予公眾訂購。
Personal property bags carried by prisoners to hold their daily necessities are commonly known as “bao tau bags”. Shiu Ka-chun, a former Legislative Council member who had served a prison sentence, served as a “one-day shop manager” yesterday (21st) at Mount Zero Books in Sheung Wan. He also brought along leather-version bao tau bags made by former inmates for public orders.
16 Jan 2023獨媒#5950
Correctional Services Department Restores Additional Visits by Relatives and Friends After Suspension of More Than a Year Due to Pandemic
懲教署公布，額外親友探訪安排今日（16日）起恢復正常，定罪在囚人士恢復每月兩次的額外親友探訪安排，該項安排因新冠疫情暫停逾一年。另外，署方繼續要求訪客必須在探訪當日作新冠病毒快速測試，在取得陰性結果後，到達院所後經「健康申報表」申報測試結果。
The Correctional Services Department announced that arrangements for additional visits by relatives and friends would resume as normal today (16th). Convicted prisoners would again be allowed two additional visits by relatives and friends each month, after the arrangement was suspended for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors are still required to take a rapid COVID-19 test on the day of the visit and, after obtaining a negative result, declare the test result on a health declaration form upon arriving at the institution.
16 Jan 2023獨媒#5952
Fr Franco Mella stages sit-in outside Tai Lam Centre for Women during cold spell
繼上周曾到赤柱監獄後，甘浩望神父今早冒著寒風，再到大欖懲教所外靜坐，聲援前支聯會副主席鄒幸彤、前《蘋果日報》副社長陳沛敏、前醫管局員工陣線主席余慧明等一眾女囚犯。
After visiting Stanley Prison last week, Father Franco Mella braved the cold wind this morning to stage a sit-in outside Tai Lam Centre for Women in support of female prisoners including former Hong Kong Alliance vice-chairwoman Chow Hang-tung, former Apple Daily deputy editor-in-chief Chan Pui-man and former Hospital Authority Employees Alliance chairwoman Yu Wai-ming.
6 Oct 2022ReNews#2565
Former prisoners jailed over anti-extradition bill protests set up support platform for inmates
兩個星期前，團購平台「荔記」開設 IG、FB，正式開始營運
Two weeks ago, group-buying platform Lai Gei opened Instagram and Facebook accounts and officially began operating.
11 Sept 2022獨媒#2448
Tang Ping-keung: 60 to 70% of those jailed over “black-clad violence” deeply regret their actions; employers seek to arrange jobs in Greater Bay Area
反修例運動距今已逾三年，保安局局長鄧炳強今（11日）接受電視節目訪問時表示，至今共約3,000人與運動相關被捕，與「黑暴」有關的被判人士中，約六至七成人深感懊悔。他透露當局正與「有心僱主」商討，提供工作予出獄青年：「有啲僱主呢，就好希望有機會安排佢哋番大灣區做嘢，等佢哋對於國家有多啲理解。」
More than three years after the anti-extradition bill movement, Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung said in a television interview today (11th) that about 3,000 people had been arrested in connection with the movement. He said about 60 to 70% of those sentenced in connection with “black-clad violence” deeply regretted their actions. He disclosed that the authorities were discussing with “willing employers” the provision of jobs for young people after their release from prison: “Some employers very much hope to have the opportunity to arrange for them to work in the Greater Bay Area, so that they can gain a better understanding of the country.”
5 Sept 2022獨媒#2415
[12 Hong Kongers] Mainland prisoner Tang Kai-yin writes to family; handwriting raises doubts, says he has received only four letters
涉12港人事件、正在從化監獄服刑的港人鄧棨然，其家人事隔半年終再收到鄧的來信。鄧在信中稱一直以來只收過4封信，但自己生活還好，多次著家人保重和不要擔心。鄧棨然的弟弟則向《獨媒》表示，今次來信的字跡工整，不似由哥哥親手寫，又指家人至今寄出多於15封信給鄧，但哥哥竟只收到4封信
Tang Kai-yin, a Hong Kong resident serving a sentence at Conghua Prison in connection with the 12 Hong Kongers incident, has written to his family again after they received no letter from him for six months. In the letter, Tang said he had received only four letters in total, but that he was doing all right, and repeatedly told his family to take care of themselves and not worry. Tang’s younger brother told The Initium that the handwriting in the latest letter was neat and did not appear to have been written by his brother himself. He also said the family had sent Tang more than 15 letters to date, yet Tang had received only four.
23 Aug 2022獨媒#2381
Correctional Services surveys families of persons in custody over planned central system for approved items
懲教署近日向在囚人士家屬發放問卷，稱正計劃推行認可物資中央銷售系統，家屬付費後，供應商會直接把認可物資送入監獄，交給在囚人士。問卷問到，家屬會否接受使用電子支付方式、是否接受物資價錢比自行購買多10%等。署方回覆《獨媒》查詢時表示，署方現正為設立在囚人士認可交來物品電子訂購平台進行可行性研究。
The Correctional Services Department recently distributed a questionnaire to families of persons in custody, saying it was planning to introduce a central sales system for approved items. After family members paid, suppliers would deliver the approved items directly to prisons for distribution to persons in custody. The questionnaire asked whether families would accept electronic payment and whether they would accept prices that were 10% higher than those of items purchased independently. In response to an enquiry from InMediaHK, the department said it was conducting a feasibility study on establishing an electronic ordering platform for approved items to be delivered to persons in custody.
28 Jul 2022獨媒#2276
Tang Kai-yin deducted points twice by prison in recent months, cited for failing “thought” assessment
涉12港人事件、正在從化監獄服刑的港人鄧棨然，其家人稱自2月起未收到他任何信件，寄給鄧的信件近日亦被監獄指無人領取。不過情況有進展，鄧的弟弟昨日查閱獄方網上系統，發現哥哥的資訊有更新，顯示他在6、7月有數項收支，也兩度違規被扣分，其中一次是因為「當月思想、文化、技術學習考核成績不合格」。有曾協助12港人的維權律師向《獨媒》表示，有些人收不到信，可能是因為不願接受獄中的思想轉化，或不願認罪，就會被剝斷消費或通訊權。
Tang Kai-yin, a Hong Kong resident imprisoned in Conghua in connection with the case involving 12 Hong Kong residents, has not sent his family any letters since February, according to his family. Letters sent to him were also recently marked by the prison as uncollected. There has nevertheless been some progress: his younger brother checked the prison’s online system yesterday and found that Tang’s information had been updated. It showed several income and expenditure records in June and July, as well as two deductions for violations. One was because he had failed the assessment for “thought, cultural and technical studies” that month. A human rights lawyer who had assisted the 12 Hong Kong residents told InMedia that some people might not receive letters because they were unwilling to undergo ideological transformation in prison or were unwilling to plead guilty, and could consequently be deprived of spending or communication rights.
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