The Hong Kong ICAC and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released the "Guidelines on Prison Corruption Risk Management"

China News Service, Hong Kong, October 2. According to news from the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (referred to as the "Hong Kong ICAC") on the 2nd, the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (referred to as the "UNODC") jointly released a new "Prison Corruption Risk Management Guide" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guide") jointly prepared in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the 1st local time, hoping to improve the level of prison management in various places.

On October 1, local time, Wu Yingming, Commissioner for Anti-corruption of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Chairman of the International Federation of Anti-Corruption Authorities, attended the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and introduced the new "Prison Corruption Risk Management Guide". (Photo courtesy of the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption)

On the same day, Wu Yingming, Commissioner for Anti-Corruption of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Chairman of the International Federation of Anti-Corruption Authorities, attended the 15th United Nations Conference on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi as a member of the Chinese delegation and delivered a speech. He said that prisons are the last line of defense of the judicial system. A corrupt prison environment will not only endanger the safety of law enforcement officers and inmates, but also affect the determination of inmates to reform, ultimately weakening the stability of the entire society.

He introduced that the guide is based on international standards and adopts a flexible framework, covering prison personnel recruitment and training, procurement and financial control, reporting mechanisms, supervisory investigations, intelligence collection and prison technology application.

Wu Yingming said that the Hong Kong ICAC plans to jointly organize international training courses with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime starting next year to provide practical and comprehensive training for prison managers and anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies around the world, and to share the results of the long-term cooperation between the Hong Kong ICAC and the Correctional Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government.

Monica Juma, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, called on member states to adopt the guideline recommendations and encouraged international prison management and anti-corruption agencies to strengthen cooperation. She said that UNODC will provide support to member states to embed integrity in the judicial system.

Representatives from international institutions and experts from around the world participated in the meeting. Many participants believed that the recommendations related to the guide were of great reference value and believed that improving the level of integrity management in prisons would help promote social development.