subject of favourable comment by Visiting Justices and other members of the public, among whom the Reformatory has many friends.
Lai Chi Kok Female Prison is situated on the Kowloon water- front, directly below the Lai Chi Kok Hospital. The staff is entirely a local one, the only Europeans visiting the prison being senior officers on regular inspections. Discipline is strict, as is proper, but there is no severity nor is it required. The women are on the whole quiet, industrious and well-behaved. There are 24 cells, but the larger part of the accommodation is of dormitory type. There is instruction in domestic science and in suitable minor trades, including open-air work in the gardens.
During the year the standard of discipline among the prisoners has been very satisfactory and there has been no serious incident in any prison.
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