2024年4月17日，澳門大學曹光彪書院師生一行參訪澳門路環監獄，並進行青年座談會。是次座談會及參訪受澳門特區政府懲教管理局路環監獄獄長林錦秀、公共關係及新聞處處長黃家媛、監獄心理輔導員、社工及少年感化院代表等人的熱情接待。

在交流中，林獄長對於曹光彪書院同學到訪路環監獄進行交流表示衷心感謝，並強調宣揚防罪滅罪的重要性，局方亦向同學介紹懲教管理局及路環監獄的組織、架構和功能。在座談會上，一些在囚人士分享了他們的真實故事，並透過社工的協助與同學進行互動。同時，同學也向現場在囚人士提問，了解他們在監獄中的情況，並肯定他們改過自新和繼續努力學習的勇氣。座談會結束後，同學更參觀男子監倉區、探訪室和男子及女子手工藝工房。在座談會總結中，林獄長鼓勵同學們將來在不同專業領域中發揮自身作用，並支持在囚人士重返社會。

參訪同學對監獄的運作和服務表示贊賞，並表示本次訪問改變他們對監獄的看法。澳門大學曹光彪書院組織是次訪問旨在加深學生對於本澳懲教工作的了解，並促進同學對於防罪滅罪及在囚人士支援服務的認識。

Chao Kuang Piu College of the University of Macau visited Macau Prison and held a youth seminar on April 17th. The seminar and the visit were warmly received by the Director of Coloane Prison of the Correctional Services Bureau Lam Kam Sau, Head of Public Relations and Information Division Vong Ka Nun, prison counselors, social workers and representatives from the Youth Correctional Institution.

During the exchange, Director Lam expressed his thankful to the students of Chao Kuang Piu College for their visit to the Coloane Prison and emphasized the importance of crime prevention and elimination. The Bureau also introduced the organization, structure and functions of the Correctional Services Bureau and the Coloane Prison to the students. During the seminar, some inmates shared their real-life stories and interacted with the students through the assistance of social workers. At the same time, the students also asked questions to the inmates to understand their situation in prison, and recognized their courage to reform and continue to study hard. After the seminar, the students visited the Men’s Warehouse, the Visiting Room and the Men’s and Women’s Handicraft Workshops. In concluding the seminar, Director Lam encouraged the students to develop themselves in different professional fields in the future and to support the reintegration of inmates into the society.

The students appreciated the operation and services of the prison and said that the visit had changed their perception of prisons. The visit was organized by the Chao Kuang Piu College of the University of Macau with the aim of deepening students’ understanding of correctional work in Macau, as well as promoting their knowledge of crime prevention and elimination and support services for inmates.