The history of the Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong(SRACP) can be traced back to 1955. At that time, the Sheng Kung Hui Sheng Carpenter's Church recruited more than a hundred discharged prisoners to assist in the construction of the Hung Hom Holy Carpenter's Church, which began the earliest rehabilitation work for the discharged prisoners. The group of discharged prisoners lost their livelihoods after the completion of the project. Therefore, Pastor Au placed them in the young workers' home in the church. Two years later, Pastor Au and a group of part-time volunteer workers established The Hong Kong Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society. It was renamed as The Society for the Rehabilitation of Offenders, Hong Kong in 1982, and the Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong in 2001.

Construction of the Hung Hom Holy Carpenter's Church	Pastor Au(fourth from the right, second row)

Craft training centre	Recreation centre

In the early days of its establishment, SRACP adopted a comprehensive service model. In addition to providing case counselling, it also has a recreation centre, a craft training center, and dormitories to fully cater the needs of service users in all aspects. SRACP still adheres to the same philosophy to continuously seek for improvement in our existing services and actively develop more related services to rehabilitated people.

Hostel Service

"Food, clothing, shelter, and transportation" are the basic needs of life, and accommodation is the top priority for rehabilitated persons after they are discharged from prison. The establishment of hostels can give rehabilitated people a shelter and solve their immediate needs in life. Therefore, it is one of the earliest projects developed by SRACP. There were three hostels opened in 1959. In recent years, SRACP has provided Short-term Rental Assistance to alleviate the shortage of hostel beds.

By the 1990s, the hostels were gradually moved to new public housing estates, and the indoor spaces were greatly improved	The first phase of hostels are located in old private buildings

Recreation Service

Recreation activities are good for the body and mind, it also cultivates healthy interests and help rehabilitated people to get rid of bad habits. SRACP established recreation centers in Tung Tau and Wan Chai in 1964 and 1966 respectively. The former moved to Chuk Yuen South Estate in 1988, and as of May 2019, recreation services have been integrated into Integrated Service Centre for Social Rehabilitation & Community Support Centres.

In an era without computers and projectors, movies were played by film projector 放映機。	Table tennis is one of the standard equipment in the recreation center which is the most popular among young rehabilitated people

The development of services should meet the environmental changes and social needs. In the 1960s and 1970s, many service users had drug abuse problems. In early 1965, SRACP established a Rotary Drug Rehabilitation Centre to carry out a three-year drug rehabilitation trial programme. Today, our services have become more professional. Since 1998, SRACP launched an integrated and collaborative project by the Society and Substance Abuse Assessment Unit (SAAU) of Kwai Chung Hospital, which is now called the Hong Kong Jockey Club Community Project Grant: Project Oasis.

)A staff is demonstrating the use of acupuncture and drug treatment facilities to a foreign visitor	Service users who participated in the methadone detoxification trial programme must take dosage of methadone prescribed by the doctor and under the supervision of staff

To assist rehabilitated persons to improve effectively, it is very important to intervene as soon as possible and provide appropriate counselling. In the 1960s, SRACP visited various prisons and correctional institutions regularly to meet inmates in need. In order to establish a relationship of mutual trust with them, we often cooperated with the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department to organise festive celebrations and friendly matches. Later, we further strengthened the work of pre-release counselling. In addition to introducing services, we will also work with inmates to formulate their post-release rehabilitation plan to ensure that they are properly followed up.

Christmas party in Tai Lam Correctional Institution	Staff playing a friendly basketball match with inmates

Rehabilitated persons encounter employment difficulties from time to time. At the earliest stage, we set up a craft training center to provide transitional work arrangements for rehabilitated persons who could not find a job in the open market. However, the nature of the work is mostly non-technical and does not help much to improve their professional skills.

Therefore, we opened skills training courses in the 1970s and launched Employment Development Service in 1999 to provide larger-scale vocational training and job matching to improve the competitiveness of rehabilitated persons.

The Craft Training Centre mainly provides processing work for semi-finished products	The work situation of the rehabilitated persons in the craft training center

Woodcraft class	Wall-painting class

Opening Ceremony of Cooking Training Class	Electrician training

We established the Mercury III Health Education Center in 2005 to provide services to communities prone to AIDS. Later, we saw that many people of South Asian ethnicity in society had drug abuse problems, and gradually launched drug education programs targeting South Asian ethnicities.

Anti-drug activities in ethnic minority schools	Promote anti-drug messages to students

As an easier way to integrate into the community, we encourage rehabilitated persons to actively participate in voluntary work and contribute to the society. In addition, we recruit community volunteers who are interested in rehabilitation work to support ours services.

Rehabilitated volunteers perform maintenance works for a youth camp.	Rehabilitated volunteers provided haircutting services for the elderly
Volunteers refurbish the gates for elderly people living alone in public housing estates.	Volunteers participate in the "Back Alley Decoration Project" to improve the living environment of residents

Implementation of the "Agency Enhancement Project" and the "Hang Seng Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme"

Implemented the "Agency Enhancement Project", and the management structure was changed from a "district-based system" to a service-oriented "service classification system"		Re-examined and established the organisation's VMV (vision, mission, core values)

Launched the "Hang Seng Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme" to provide entrepreneurial training and support services for disadvantaged youths		Established the "朗澄之聲 Placidity Voice" community music group with the Tin Shui Wai Women Association Limited to bring mental health information and inclusive concepts into the community through music

．Set up the Corporate Communications Division (CCD) and strengthen the Division of Professional and Quality Management functions (PDQM)

．"Home Circuit Service Center" officially became the seventh social service center and was renamed "Home Circuit Service Centre"

Established new social enterprise and social housing scheme

Established the first mental health service social enterprise "Tranquility Indoor Farm" and "Good Harvest Maintenance Service”

We collaborate with landlords, organisations, professionals and donors to develop the ‘So Uk' Project to provide a safe and quality living environment to ex-offenders and deprived groups who have urgent housing needs. We also help service users to enhance independent living skills and capabilities through workshops and activities. Our ultimate goal is to help them transit to a successful, independent and meaningful living in the community.

The first social enterprise project "SoBakery" established through the cooperation of the public, government and business sectors, provides job opportunities for young rehabilitated persons who have received vocational training in catering services, so that they can use their strengths and adapt to the society. In addition to serving local residents, “SoBakery” also accepts orders from corporate customers, provides bakery products and catering service.

Our youth nurturing and entrepreneurship services have launched new projects including the "Hang Seng Youth Career Planning (HSYCP)" and "Jockey Club YouChallenge”. Think" to help disadvantaged youths make positive changes and development.

We actively develop an integrated service model, merging the recreation center and social service center into an Integrated Service Centre for Social Rehabilitation & Community Support Centre(ISC), and provide service users with one-stop and suitable support through integrated services. After various preparations and regional consultations, we officially established four ISC (a total of seven service location) in Hong Kong in May of the following year. Under the new service model, we emphasise cooperation with the community and providing services to the families of rehabilitated persons.

Supported by the sponsorship of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, SRACP and The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong (BGCA) launch the Blue Bus Jockey Club Together We Grow Project (BBJC) together from March 2019 to provide the all-rounded supporting service towards the children and youth, whose parents are arrested, incarcerated or ex-offenders, also their caregivers in Hong Kong, in order to resolve or overcome the challenges from family and development stages, also facilitate the positive family relationship.

Successfully bid for one of the Community Housing Movement of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service to expand our social housing scheme. The fourth “So Uk” project is located in a tenement building on Staunton Street in Central. Our service target are people who do not have a strong family network. Hoping that the three generations of young, middle-aged and elderly people can support each other through living together and build a harmonious family-like living environment.

With funding support from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, we are actively preparing for the reconstruction of Shau Kei Wan Halfway House to implement the new co-living project officially named as Jockey Club "Craft Your Life Together" Co-living Community Project. This is the first ever co-living environment for out-of-home youths and persons in recovery.