The Nauru Correctional Services is responsible for providing,
safe, secure, and humane custodial services, consistent with the
international standards' humane rights and cultural values, for any
person imprisoned by a Court order.
The Nauru Correctional Services accommodates prisoners in
separate facilities of maximum, medium and low risk prisoners
including male adults, women and juveniles. The population in
the Correctional Centre revolves around 30 to 40 at any given
time.
Prisoners are provided with progressive development programs to
address criminal behavioural patterns, and needs to reduce
recidivism. The department intends to discipline and prepare
prisoners with skills that is needed for a successful reintegration
to the wider community upon their release.
During the course of this reporting period, the prisoners who
have been released are now interactive members of the community
applying the skills they attained from the correctional facility to
the betterment of their lives.
On 24 March 2021, all prisoners underwent a general health
check-up that was conducted by Nauru Public Health to ensure that
such prisoners are within the healthy range according to their
levels of blood/sugar, blood pressure and eye sight. HIV status of
each person was also tested.
There are limitations on types of rehabilitation programs which
can be implemented hence, the following is undertaken:
- fishing, which also supplements healthy food at the Centre;
and
- with the assistance of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Government, the Correctional Centre introduced:
- vegetable
farming;
- poultry
farming for eggs; and
- piggery
farming.
which, supplements and ensures healthier food for the
prisoners.
The prisoners keep the cemeteries around the country clean and
tidy, cleaning schools, roadsides and other Government buildings.
This helps prisoners to go out of the enclosed Centre. The
Correctional Centre is also visited routinely by the Resident
Magistrate, who is free to receive complaints from prisoners; and
health and medical services.
Our Team
| Position |
Name |
| Chief Correctional Officer |
Jezza Uepa |
| Deputy Chief Correctional Officer |
Vacant |
| Supervisor Administration |
Vacant |
| Supervisor Stores |
Michael Namaduk |
| Deputy Chief Correctional Officer (Operations) |
Max Kamtaura |
| Supervisor |
Bruce-lee Adam,
Vitromich Limen
Ringo Tannang,
Rajay Wabeiya
Wisdom Tamang
Jett Demauna
Lincoln Eoaeo
Jasper Uepa,
Jesse Uepa
Mutima Dake |
| Supervisor Woman |
Sandy Angabate
Jerusha Mau |
| Supervisor Juvenile |
Vacant |
| Correctional Officer |
Brammel Teimitsi,
Langitupu Taleka
Conack Maaki
Preslin Aubiat
Barcelona Star
Jester Suburiya
Ibnbabuta Deireragea
Moses Wabeiya
Jaywan Ephraim
Dawson Agege
Ronrico Togagae
Vincent Deireragea
Gaunbwe Fritz
|
| Juvenile Correctional Officer |
Vacant |
| Administrative Officer |
Ikinalla Thoma |
| Cook |
Vacant |
| Medical Officer |
Vacant |
Objectives
- To provide safe, secure and human custodial services,
consistent with international standards, human rights and cultural
values for any person imprisoned by a Court Order.
Motivation
Rehabilitation the road to reform.
Strategic Plan Priority Area 1 & 4: Cost
Cutting Sectors
Cross-Goal 1
Strengthen Parliament, audit, justice, law, order and border
control.
Achievements
On 23 October 2020, 9 Correctional supervisors attended work
shop to familiarise response to reducing impact on COVID-19, hosted
by the COVID 19 task force at the USP campus.
Fourteen officers have completed a first aide training with
Wilson's security at the Regional Processing Centre which was
conducted from 11 December to 20 December 2020.
Thirteen inmates were certified for completing 3 months farming
and agricultural skills in chicken and pig raising by the Taiwan
Technical Mission team at the Correctional Centre farm followed by
a workshop on hot meal preparation 'Well Dinning'.
Seven prisoners along with three Correctional officers commenced
their T-Vet training at the T-Vet campus on Certificate 2 -
Automotive as part of the Prisoner Rehabilitation
Program of March 2021.
The Republic intends to bring in education and other skilled
based training programs in particular to address the issues of
young offenders. The difficulty is due to not having enough skilled
or trained people to undertake this education or training
program.
While our achievements position the Section well for the future,
there are areas requiring operational improvement. The Section's
strategy is to deal with difficult issues and situations, learn
from them and plan improved practices and processes while at the
same time, the Section is committed to educating the prisoners to
lessen the statistics of repeat offenders.
Way Forward
Our dedication to excellence will continue. Nauru Correctional
Service key future developments include:
- Training and capacity building for correctional officers.
- To securely and humanely manage people ordered by the Court to
serve a community based or prison sanction and to provide them with
opportunities to lead law-abiding and productive lives.
- Better manage individual case files.
- Provide rehabilitations programs and training to inmates to
prepare them for their reintegration back to society.
- Provide public confident through natural justice proceedings
practices.