Stakeholders of the FPCS Chaplaincy during discussions with Commissioner Brigadier Ioane Naivalurua

Fiji Prisons and Corrections Chaplaincy stakeholders today for the first time had the opportunity to discuss with the FPCS Commissioner Brigadier General Ioane Naivalurua policy guidelines of the FPCS Chaplaincy.

Before discussing the guiding policy the Commissioner told the stakeholders that the policy was not written in gold as it was a living document that could be amended.

“The policy is not written in gold and I hope that this group can improve and come up with strategies to improve the work of the chaplaincy.”

Brigadier General Naivalurua informed the five stakeholders of the 2006 Prisons and Corrections Act and the FPCS full compliance in 2011.

“The news legislation is the change from containment to corrections and in the spirit of the legislation the chaplaincy plays an important role.

“Chaplaincy work is done by specialized people like you and we want to hear your views.

“We must all recognise and accept the fact that in our work there must always be a degree of certainty that bring about growth and change.”

The policy guidelines are to ensure neutrality and the need to allow the churches to take ownership of the whole spectrum of the spiritual development through a two tier approach.

The first is to ensure the churches’ total involvement in the whole chaplaincy programme with the FPCS system.

The second ensures the continued linkage to the locality/home churches for inmates alleviating the dilemma of who FPCS hand inmates over to at the end of their terms.

The two tier system is designed through the formalization of both a Chaplaincy Board and an Operation Chaplaincy Committee.





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