01 News | Officials' Privileged Prisoner Rights Organization "Stone Wall Flower" Will Disband

The Secretary for Security, Deng Ping-kiang, recently criticized the organization for assisting inmates in establishing privileges and influence and spreading seeds of harm to national security. He also questioned that inmates and outsiders were "cooperating inside and outside" and "monopolizing" visits to materials. They pointed at the former social welfare. Shao Jiazhen, a member of the Legislative Council of the World, established the "Stone Wall Flower", an organization concerned with prisoners' rights.

According to the news, "Stone Wall Flower" is suspected of political pressure. Today (14th) it will announce the suspension of operations. "Stone Wall Flower" services such as material collection and letter support will be gradually suspended. After the severance process is completed, if there is any remaining funds, it is expected to donate To groups with similar ideas.

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Handle employee severance and other work next month

The "Stone Wall Flower" established last year was initiated by Shao Jiazhen, a former Legislative Council member who was imprisoned for eight months in the Occupy Central case, to provide support to prisoners and fight for prison reforms.

Shao Jiazhen said at the time that he hoped to fight for rights and interests through a corporate model. The name "Stone Wall Flower" meant that the work of prisoners' rights could blossom everywhere.

The Secretary for Security Deng Bingqiang said last week that he discovered that people who were returning to the prison and outsiders were trying to "build up power in the prison, thereby endangering national security." He criticized some people for "creating privileges" in the prison, including "monopolizing" the supply of visiting items. , "On the one hand, it makes money, and on the other, it also becomes a privilege."

When the Commissioner of Correctional Services Hu Yingming accepted the media recently, he criticized the former Hong Kong loyalist Yuan Jiawei, who was involved in the primary election and was remanded in custody, for collecting more than the upper limit of contraband, such as food, lipstick and hairpins. He believed that The problem should not be underestimated. If it develops, it can become soliciting others and forming power. "In the past, the underworld used to collect people like this."

It is understood that "Stone Wall Flowers" will announce its dissolution today, and will notify persons in custody associated with the organization in the form of letters, and stop selling supplies; the organization of related letters and supplies will temporarily extend to the end of September.

"Stone Wall Flower" will handle cases, dismiss employees, and clear the site in October.

As for the organization's remaining funds, the "Stone Wall Flower" will be handed over to the directors to decide how to use it, and it is expected to be donated to groups with similar ideas.

According to the "Stone Wall Flower" website, the organization is composed of two full-time social workers, one full-time colleague, and two part-time colleagues. The teams are responsible for following up the cases of persons in custody and in charge of the "pen pal program".

No income problems but political pressure

According to sources, there is no problem with the source of income of "Stone Wall Flower", but due to political pressure, it has decided to stop its operation.

After Deng Bingqiang made no mention of criticism last week, Shao Jiazhen responded that the "Stone Wall Flower" only provided basic humanitarian support. Reduce calls for assistance in finding supplies.

In May of this year, "Stone Wall Flower" initiated a joint "Operation One Hundred Thousand Fires" to call on the public to pay attention to the hot environment in prisons, and urged the Correctional Services Department to improve. Yingming once criticized people for aggressively attacking the management model and detention environment of the Correctional Services Department under the banner of "prison rights."

Deng Bingqiang approved the monopoly of prison visits and materials and collected money. "Stone Wall Flower" Shao Jiazhen clarified: a lot of misunderstandings "Stone Wall Flower" 100,000 people jointly signed to promote the improvement of the hot environment of the prison will send a letter inviting the Director of Correctional Services to meet with the Prison Rights Organization Shi Qianghua initiates a joint request The Correctional Services Department improves the hot environment in prisons to avoid heatstroke. The Democrats will bring up Shao Jiazhen to visit the prison in September: Fan Guowei thanks the correctional department for the addition of ice towels. The Correctional Department pushes ice towels for inmates to purchase.