Solomons Shares Experience To Improve Pacific Prisons
(Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands)
Outgoing Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Solomon Islands, Barry Apsey, his successor and Deputy Commissioner Francis Haisoma, traveled to Fiji today to share their ideas with Pacific neighbours on how to make prisons better places for rehabilitation.
As a recognised leader in correctional services in the Pacific, Solomon Islands has been invited to give the main presentation on the ‘Past, Present And Future Of Corrections In The Pacific’ to the Heads of Pacific Island Corrections Conference.
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“With the support of the government and the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, Correctional Services has made big improvements to develop the capacity of its infrastructure, staff, systems and laws governing the way prisons operate,” Apsey said.
“Our aim is to provide a safe, secure, humane and sustainable service for Solomon Islands which focuses on rehabilitation of the prisoners in our care.”
The conference is the second time Pacific nations have come together to talk about key issues in corrections. Solomon Islands hosted the first conference in Honiara last year at the initiative of Haisoma and with the support of RAMSI.
Haisoma said building networks between other correctional services was one way to keep improving what was happening Solomon Islands.
“The conference is an important chance for smaller Pacific nations to come together and share experiences because we often work in similar situations,” Haisoma said.
“Sharing lessons learnt and best practice approaches in correctional administration will benefit both the Solomon Islands and our neighbours.”
The Pacific conference is also a chance to prepare for the larger Asia Pacific conference later this year. Participating countries hope to make recommendations about the key themes in Melanesian countries for correctional services.
