JUSTICE, POLICE, PRISONS AND RECORDS
quarters was moved to offices over the main gate of Victoria Prison, but detached from the prison and having a separate
entrance.
Stanley Prison. This prison received 7,396 prisoners during the year and had a daily average of 2,692 occupants. The prison is divided into Stars (first offenders, or those treated as such) and Ordinaries (old offenders, or those treated as such.) There are further sub-divisions into short-term and long-term within each group, and separate sections for young prisoners (Stars) and young prisoners (Ordinaries). The section for young Stars is outside the prison walls and is gradually being made. independent of the prison.
Victoria Prison. This building is situated in the central district of the city, and although the buildings are old the site is convenient for the Courts. All remands, debtors, destitutes and vagrants are housed here, and also men who have com- pleted a sentence of imprisonment and are awaiting deportation. The prison received 13,455 prisoners during the year and had a daily average of 803 occupants. It is also used as a reception and classification centre and all male prisoners remain here for the first two weeks of their sentence.
Training Centre. The Training Centre at Stanley was established by Ordinance in February. It occupies the buildings formerly used by the Reformatory School, which has been transferred to the Social Welfare Office. The site, on the slopes of a small hill overlooking Stanley and Tai Tam bays, is of exceptional beauty. The Ordinance is based on the Borstal sections of the United Kingdom Criminal Justice Act 1948, and provides for selection of boys after a report by the Commissioner, an indeterminate sentence from nine months to three years and supervision on discharge. The Centre can take a maximum of 120 boys and 41 have been accepted this year. The staff of the Reformatory School remained for this new work, and the Centre has made a very promising start.
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