In a statement released by Correctional Service Commissioner, Michael Waipo stated that failure to monitor and supervise detainees on LOAs falls on the Commanding Officers, Manager Operations, and Duty Officers.
Waipo issued the following Instructions to effect the Prime Minister's decisions for Commanding Officers to;
1. Stop issuing LOAs to any detainee;
2. Compile reports on all LOAs issued last year;
3. Detainees on medical LOA must be returned to CS institutions;