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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1875.
Name and Nature
of the Prisons, (Whether "Common Gaol," "Penitentiary," &c.)
Mero “Lock-ups* not to be inserted.
$1
"Victoria Goal,”-
Common Gaol, House of Correc-
Total Number of Prisoners committed in 1875.
Number committed
for Debt, Want of Bail, and Punishment.
Number of those Committed
who have been previously Convicted.
Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonmicut,*
including
EL Penal Servitude,” (if that term is used in the
Colony to describe any
Punishment.)
For Debt.
For safe Custody till Trial,' or for Want of Security.
For Purposes of l'enal Imprisoument,*
Once.
Twice.
Thrice or more.
For Five Years or more.
For Que Year or more, but less than Five Years.
For more than 3 Month', aud less than One Year.
For 3 Months or less.
The Daily Average Number in Frison.
The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.
The Numbe Admissions to Hospital during
the Year 1875,
The Number of Deaths during 1875.
tion, also receives Prisonerssentenced to l'enal Servitude, &c.
3,080
19
833 2,828
131
59
GG
17
114
504 2,193 371.06 11.3 70
Total,...... 3,680 19
833 2,828
131 59 GG 17
114
50+
2,193 374.06
11.3 70
Here all up the columns
in respect of Women, the whole
Men,. 3,343 18
205
737 2,558
114 31
CO
15
108
489
1,976 1355.513
1
76 128
***
#
67
+
5
12
109 14.427 11.3 70
Colony.
Juveniles, 132
20 112
17
5
1
3
108
4.12
· By "Penal Imprisonment" is meant Imprisonment inflicted as a substantive Punishment in pursuance of a sentenco of a Court of
Justice, as distinguished from Imprisonment for safe custody, &c.
THESE QUESTIONS ARE TO BE FILLED UP IN RESPECT OF EACII PRISON IN THE COLONY.
Questions.
I. If the prison is on the separate system, is the separation complete? And if not, what is the separa- tion enforced by day and night respectively?
II. If not on the separate system, what provision is there for the supervision of the prisoners while in
association ?
III. How many cells are there; and how many associated wards?
IV. Taking the average number of prisoners in Gaol, how many cubic feet of space are there for each prisoner during the hours of sleep?
V. How are the prisoners classified?
VI. Is penal labour-that is, labour by treadmill, crank, or shot-drill-in force?
Ånswers.
The prison is not on the separate system, but long sentenced European prisoners (i. e., over six months) are in separate cells at night.
Chinese and Indian prisoners are in association by night and also by day, but are separated, as far as practicable, according to class and nationality at night and on the works.
All the cells of the prison have iron gates, through which the actions of the prisoners can be seen at all hours of the night and day. While on the works and in the exercise yards, the prisoners are constantly under the supervision of European and Indian Turnkeys.
There are 150 cells in the prison and 4 associated wards; 36 cells are on the separate system, 123 cells on the associated system.
The daily average number of prisoners confined during the year 1875 was 374.00, (às against 350,4 in the previous year.) The cubic space for each prisoner during the hours of sleep was 982.291 enbic feet (as against 1,048.801 cubic feet in the previous year), if space in passages and corridors be included in the
measurement.
According to the nature of their sentences, their nationality, and occasionally according to their habits and temperament, as follows, viz.:-
Europeans, Indians, and Chinese. Debtors,
Misdemeanants,
Penal servitude,
Prisoners on remand and for trial.
All the prisoners of the above classes are separate at night, on the works, and in the yards, as much as pussille.
There is no tread-mill labour, but shot-drill, erank- labour, stone-breaking, stone-carrying and oakmu- picking are in force. None of the prisoners are DOW employed outside the Gaol.
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