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CSD holds Jockey Club Project ReBond kick-off ceremony (with photos)
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     ​The Correctional Services Department (CSD) held the Jockey Club Project ReBond kick-off ceremony at Lo Wu Correctional Institution today (October 23), implementing a policy initiative announced by the Chief Executive in the 2025 Policy Address to provide one-stop rehabilitation services for persons in custody (PICs) serving sentences of less than one year, covering both their incarceration and post-release periods, and to track and research their rehabilitation situation.
      
     The Jockey Club Project ReBond is a collaborative initiative created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and co-created by the CSD and SideBySide with the University of Hong Kong serving as the knowledge partner.
      
     Addressing the kick-off ceremony, the Acting Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Ng Chiu-kok, said that the CSD has been committed to enhancing its rehabilitative efforts to assist PICs in rehabilitating through appropriate rehabilitation programmes. He expressed gratitude to various stakeholders in society for their support in rehabilitation work. He noted that the project applies the theory of desistance, extending rehabilitation services from correctional institutions to the community. This approach will help reduce recidivism among rehabilitated persons, rebuild their law-abiding identity and reconnect them with society, as well as support them in giving back to society, thereby gradually transforming their lives.
      
     The Head of Charities (Education & Youth Cluster) of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Ms Winnie Ying, in her address said that appropriate assistance for rehabilitated persons can effectively reduce recidivism and transform them into social talent capital. The Hong Kong Jockey Club aims to, through the project and donation, help short-term PICs equip themselves starting from within the correctional institutions and rebuild themselves after release with this innovative one-stop approach, enabling them to better reintegrate into society and contribute to Hong Kong.
      
     In his address, the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of SideBySide, Mr Justice Poon Siu-tung, highlighted that the project seeks to accompany PICs and rehabilitated persons by providing them with seamlessly connected and diversified support services from correctional institutions to the community. It will assist them in setting goals and gradually rebuilding relationships with others, so that they can reintegrate into society and become contributors to the community. This marks a historical milestone.
      
     The Acting Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Hong Kong, Professor Eric Fong, noted that the project is an interdisciplinary collaboration integrating expertise and research strengths across diverse fields to provide comprehensive and multidimensional support services for rehabilitated persons. Moreover, it also marks the first time in Hong Kong that a randomised control group scientific method has been adopted to evaluate the project's effectiveness, providing valuable empirical data for rehabilitation services, which will facilitate the future development of more diverse and effective rehabilitation approaches.
      
     The Jockey Club Project ReBond will be implemented at Lo Wu Correctional Institution, Pik Uk Prison, Tong Fuk Correctional Institution and Tai Lam Correctional Institution. It provides one-stop rehabilitation services for voluntary participants serving sentences of less than one year. These include arranging suitable personal growth group activities for PICs to develop personal strengths, establish positive values and life goals, and strengthen their law-abiding awareness through assessments by professional social workers, thereby reinforcing their resolve to rehabilitate. Additionally, the project offers employment-related assistance and continues to follow up on the cases after their release from the correctional institutions. Through community activities, it helps PICs establish positive social networks and facilitates their successful reintegration into society.
      
     Under the project, the Correctional Rehabilitation Research Unit of the CSD will collaborate with the University of Hong Kong to conduct a three-year study to track and research the rehabilitation situation of service users after their release.
 
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The Correctional Services Department held the Jockey Club Project ReBond kick-off ceremony at Lo Wu Correctional Institution today (October 23). The project provides one-stop rehabilitation services for persons in custody serving sentences of less than one year, covering both their incarceration and post-release periods, and will track and research their rehabilitation situation. Photo shows the Acting Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Ng Chiu-kok, delivering a speech at the kick-off ceremony.
The Correctional Services Department held the Jockey Club Project ReBond kick-off ceremony at Lo Wu Correctional Institution today (October 23). The project provides one-stop rehabilitation services for persons in custody serving sentences of less than one year, covering both their incarceration and post-release periods, and will track and research their rehabilitation situation. Photo shows the Head of Charities (Education & Youth Cluster) of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Ms Winnie Ying, delivering a speech at the kick-off ceremony.
The Correctional Services Department held the Jockey Club Project ReBond kick-off ceremony at Lo Wu Correctional Institution today (October 23). The project provides one-stop rehabilitation services for persons in custody serving sentences of less than one year, covering both their incarceration and post-release periods, and will track and research their rehabilitation situation. Photo shows the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of SideBySide, Mr Justice Poon Siu-tung, delivering a speech at the kick-off ceremony.
The Correctional Services Department held the Jockey Club Project ReBond kick-off ceremony at Lo Wu Correctional Institution today (October 23). The project provides one-stop rehabilitation services for persons in custody serving sentences of less than one year, covering both their incarceration and post-release periods, and will track and research their rehabilitation situation. Photo shows the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Hong Kong, Professor Eric Fong, delivering a speech at the kick-off ceremony.
The Correctional Services Department held the Jockey Club Project ReBond kick-off ceremony at Lo Wu Correctional Institution today (October 23). The project provides one-stop rehabilitation services for persons in custody serving sentences of less than one year, covering both their incarceration and post-release periods, and will track and research their rehabilitation situation. Photo shows the Acting Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Ng Chiu-kok (second right); the Head of Charities (Education & Youth Cluster) of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Ms Winnie Ying (second left); the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of SideBySide, Mr Justice Poon Siu-tung (first left); and the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Hong Kong, Professor Eric Fong (first right), officiating at the kick-off ceremony.
The Correctional Services Department held the Jockey Club Project ReBond kick-off ceremony at Lo Wu Correctional Institution today (October 23). The project provides one-stop rehabilitation services for persons in custody serving sentences of less than one year, covering both their incarceration and post-release periods, and will track and research their rehabilitation situation. Photo shows guests visiting an art class organised for persons in custody under the project.