Fiji Short of Prison Workers
p. 34 · Read in the full issue
WITH a 70-hours week, it was difficult to recruit suitable persons as warders, states the annual report of Fiji’s Prisons Department. In 1948, 12 warders who had to be dismissed were recruits who were found to be unsuitable for the work. Of 50 defaulters, 31 were guilty of neglect of duty while in charge of prisoners.
The report adds that the Government has agreed to increase the prison staff by one-third in a three-years period. This will ultimately permit the working of a 48-hours week.