PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY To provide a more effective and consolidated rehabilitation program for both juvenile and adult offenders, the Department of Corrections was established during the fiscal year under Public· Law 9-208 enacted by the Ninth Guam Legislature. Prior to this, the care and confinement of juvenile and adult offenders were handled by two separate departments-Public Safety and Public Health and Social Services. To effectuate the intent of Public Law 9-208, the Governor issued an executive order transferring the Penal Division (penitentiary) and juvenile institution to the newly created Department of Corrections. The Penal Division had been a part of the Department of Public Safety and the juvenile institution was under the administration of the Department of Public Health and Social Services. In line with the new concept in penalogy, the Department of Corrections places heavy emphasis on care and services conducive to the rehabilitation of the inmates. This may be achieved through a variety of programs for individual education, training in vocational skills and work experience. To carry out these functions, the Department of Corrections is composed of four divisions: Youth Correctional Facility, Clinical and Rehabilitation Services, Guam Penitentiary, and the Administrative Servces. The Youth Correctional Facility provides protective custody, treatment, and care, and programs designed to
assist juvenile offenders, both male and female, to overcome their antisocial attitudes and behaviors an_d return to society as useful citizens. The Guam Penitentiary provides confinement and rehabilitation services to adult offenders remanded to its custody by the District Court or Island Courts of Guam. Federal prisoners are confined in accordance with an agreement between the Government of Guam and the U.S. Department of Justice under a reimbursable cost arrangement. Treatment and rehabilitative programs are provided by the Division of Rehabilitation and Clinical Services for both adult ;md juvenile offenders. In addition to medical, social and psychological services, the Division also has programs designed to upgrade the inmates' educational and vocational capabilities. These programs include work release in which inmates eligible for parole or release within 6 months are allowed to engage in gainful employmenf; and the work furlough for inmates not eligible for release or parole within 6 months in which they are given "on-the-job training" in carpentry, masonry, painting, handicraft, cabinetmaking, etc. In addition, the Division provides vocational and academic instruction programs. At the time of transfer to the Department of Corrections, the penitentiary had 39 inmates in custody. After the transfer in November 1968 to the end of the fiscal year under review, it
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