Press Release

Correctional officers and inmates pay condolences to earthquake victims

All staff in the headquarters and institutions of the Correctional Services Department observed a one-minute silence at 9.30am today (April 21) to express their condolences for earthquake victims in Yushu, Qinghai.

In Stanley Prison, more than a hundred Correctional officers, doctors and new recruits from the Staff Training Institute gathered to mourn.

Activities and prison labour were suspended during the one-minute silence and persons in custody participated in the mourning on a voluntary basis.

Ends/Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Issued at HKT 12:51

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Correctional officers observing a one-minute silence in Stanley Prison.

Persons in custody in Stanley Prison also participate in the mourning.