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Public Order
Institution accommodate convicted drug addicts. Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre separately houses male and female persons in custody of all categories who require psychiatric observation, treatment or assessment. Five of the correctional facilities cater for remanded males and females of different age groups. Each penal facility normally has dormitories, kitchens, dining rooms, laundries, workshops, areas for exercise and recreation, a library and a hospital. The CSD also manages two custodial wards in public hospitals for persons in custody who require special medical care or surgical operations.
In addition, the CSD operates three halfway houses to help those released under supervision to reintegrate into society. The residents may go out to work or attend school during daytime.
Penal Population
In 2013, 11,133 adults (7,728 men and 3,405 women) were sentenced to prison, 6,949 adults (5,267 men and 1,682 women) on remand were taken into custody, 354 young offenders were sentenced to imprisonment (267 males and 87 females), and 614 young persons on remand (505 males and 109 females) were taken into custody. In addition, 386 young offenders (348 males and 38 females) were sentenced to detention in training centres, rehabilitation centres or the detention centre, and 1,223 offenders (932 males and 291 females) were placed in drug addiction treatment centres; while 2,357 offenders (1,981 males and 376 females) were remanded pending reports on their suitability for sentencing to one of these centres.
Most of the correctional institutions' facilities have been in use for many years or are housed in buildings originally used for other purposes. A partial redevelopment of Tai Lam Centre for Women to provide around 100 additional penal places and enhance its facilities is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. The department will continue to explore other possible redevelopment projects and improvement works.
Assessment Services
Young offenders and offenders with drug addiction problems who are convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment may be remanded in custody for a period not exceeding three weeks for assessment of their suitability for admission to various types of correctional facilities. They include a training centre, rehabilitation centre, detention centre or drug addiction treatment centre for young people aged between 14 and 20; a detention centre for young men aged between 21 and 24 and a drug addiction treatment centre for offenders aged 21 or above with drug addiction problems.
In 2013, the Rehabilitation Unit prepared a total of 3,662 suitability reports for the courts, and recommended 676 males and 77 females suitable for admission to a rehabilitation centre, training centre or detention centre, and 1,502 males and 393 females suitable for a drug addiction treatment centre.
Young Offender Assessment Panel
The Young Offender Assessment Panel (YOAP), comprising representatives from the CSD and the Social Welfare Department, makes recommendations to magistrates and judges on the most appropriate rehabilitation programmes for remanded males aged between 14 and 24 and
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