Correctional Services Bureau
Coordinates: 22°07′11″N 113°33′17″E / 22.119616°N 113.554602°E
| |
![]() | |
Agency overview | |
---|---|
Formed | 1904 |
Preceding agencies |
|
Jurisdiction | Macau |
Headquarters | Rua de S. Francisco Xavier (竹灣馬路聖方濟各街), Coloane, Macau, China |
Minister responsible | |
Agency executives |
|
Website | www |
Correctional Services Bureau | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 懲教管理局 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 惩教管理局 | ||||||||||
Jyutping | cing4 gaau3 gun2 lei5 guk6 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Portuguese name | |||||||||||
Portuguese | Direcção dos Serviços Correccionais |
Coloane Prison | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 路環監獄 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 监狱路环 | ||||||||||
Jyutping | lou6 waan4 gaam1 juk6 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Macau Prison | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 澳門監獄 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门监狱 | ||||||||||
Jyutping | ou3 mun4*2 gaam1 juk6 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Portuguese name | |||||||||||
Portuguese | Estabelecimento Prisional de Coloane/Estabelecimento Prisional de Macau |
The Correctional Services Bureau[1] (Chinese: 懲教管理局;[2] Portuguese: Direcção dos Serviços Correccionais, DSC)[3] is the agency responsible for maintaining inmates in Macau, China. It is under the administration of the Secretariat for Security.
History
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2020) |
On 1 January 2016, Macau Prison (Estabelecimento Prisional de Macau) and the Youth Correctional Institution that was under the Legal Affairs Bureau were re-structured as the Correctional Services Bureau.[4][5]
Functions
Per article 1 of Administrative Regulation No. 27/2015, the duties of the agency are to:[6]
- Collaborate in defining prison policies and policies relating to the activities of the Youth Correctional Institution;
- Ensure the administrative and financial management of Coloane Prison and the Youth Correctional Institution, prepare regulations and exercise technical guidance and superintendence;
- Ensure the organization and operation relating to the management and system of prison affairs;
- Ensure the organization and operation relating to the management and system of educational guardianship measures for detained youths;
- Cooperate, within the scope of its duties, with private entities to promote the social reintegration of prisoners and detained youths.
Population
![]() | This section needs to be updated.(April 2015) |
In 2004, there were about 921 (784 men and 137 women) inmates in the prison and divided amongst male and female inmates.[4] With the 2010 population at 926, a new prison is being built in Ka Ho as the current facility can only hold 1500. The new prison was scheduled to open in 2014.[7] However, this has since been delayed.[8]
Circa 2014 there were 959 prisoners, including 195 women. The total occupancy rate was 84%, with the women's area having an occupancy rate of 83%. Circa 2014 an expansion of the women's area was to add capacity for an additional 315 prisoners.[9]
Ranks
Per Law No. 2/2008 (Restructure of the Careers in the Security Forces and Departments), the following ranks are observed in the agency:[10][11]
- Chief Superintendent (Comissário-Chefe)
- Superintendent (Comissário)
- Chief Officer (Chefe)
- Officer (Subchefe)
- Principal Prison Guard (Guarda Principal)
- 1st Class Prison Guard (Guarda de 1ª)
- Prison Guard (Guarda)
Facilities
Due to the area's small population, there is only one prison for adults in Macau, Coloane Prison (路環監獄; Estabelecimento Prisional de Coloane or EPC), also known as Macau Prison (澳門監獄; Estabelecimento Prisional de Macau or EPM) was opened in 1990 and replaced the former Central Prison on the mainland (built from 1904 to 1909).[4] The facility consists of a series or connected buildings surrounded by a white wall with barbed wire. Four watchtowers are found along the prison walls.
There is also a juvenile detention facility in Macau, the Youth Correctional Institution (少年感化院; siu3 nin4 gam2 faa3 jyun2; Shàonián Gǎnhuàyuàn; Instituto de Menores), also in Coloane, with sections for boys and girls.[12]
Due to Coloane Prison being at almost full capacity, a new facility is under construction in Ka Ho. Construction of this facility began in 2010 and was scheduled to open by 2014 but has since been delayed.[8]
The UK FCDO stated that overcrowding began to be an issue at Coloane Prison since 2010.[13]
See also
References
- ^ "Correctional Services Bureau".
- ^ "懲教管理局".
- ^ "Direcção dos Serviços Correccionais".
- ^ a b c "History". Correctional Services Bureau.
- ^ see Administrative Regulation No. 27/2015
- ^ "Imprensa Oficial - Regulamento Administrativo n.º 27/2015".
- ^ "New prison operational by end of 2014". Macau Daily Times. 2010-08-18. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ a b "Long-delayed Ká Hó Prison construction still years away". Macau Daily Times. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Macau Prison: Women's wing ready after Chinese NY". Macau Daily Times. 2014-01-16. Archived from the original on 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ "Lei n.º 2/2008" (in Portuguese). Imprensa Oficial.
- ^ "Career of Prison Guards". Correctional Services Bureau.
- ^ "Youth Correctional Institution > Introduction". Correctional Services Bureau.
Address: Estrada de Cheoc Van no 1, Coloane
- ^ "Information Pack for British Prisoners in Macao" (PDF). British Consulate-General Hong Kong. 2021-04-19. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt)
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- Articles containing Chinese-language text
- Articles containing Portuguese-language text
- Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text
- Articles to be expanded from April 2020
- All articles to be expanded
- Articles using small message boxes
- Justapedia articles in need of updating from April 2015
- Articles with invalid date parameter in template
- All Justapedia articles in need of updating
- Prison and correctional agencies
- Government departments and agencies of Macau
- 1904 establishments in Macau
- 1904 establishments in the Portuguese Empire
- Law enforcement agencies of Macau
- Provincial-level prison administrative bureaux in China