Dr Anton Grech, Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry within the University’s Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, has been chosen by the Minister for Home Affairs, Law Enforcement and National Security, Hon. Byron Camilleri, to lead an internal board appointed to evaluate internal procedures at Corradino Correctional Facility.
Dr Janice Formosa Pace from the Department of Criminology at the Faculty for Social Wellbeing, has also been appointed on this board.
The Minister has recently explained that the aim of this evaluation board is to recommend proposals based on the scrutiny of procedures followed at the prison, especially those regarding the physical and mental health of the prisoners, those preventing suicide, and those regarding the rehabilitation of prisoners, among others.
In 60 days’ time, the Evaluation Board will be presenting a report to the Minister.
