In Poljanch of the whole
Ders 13t up the antenna
Culowy,
Name and Natura of the Prisona. (Whether
"Common Grol,” "Penitentiary," &c.)
Mere "Lock-upa"
not to be Inserted.
"Victoria Gaol,”— Common Gaol, House
of Correction, also
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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1878.
Total Number of Prisoners committed in 1878.
Number committed for Debt, Want of Ball,
and Punishment.
Number of those
Committed
who have been
previously Convicted.
Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonment,*
including
"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 Penal Imprisonment.
Once.
*ODJAL
Thrice or more.
For Five Years or more.
For One Year or more, but | less than Five Years.
For more than 3 Months,
and less than One Year.
Por 3 Months or less,
The Daily Average Number in Prison.
The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.
The Number of Admissious to Hospital during
the Year 1878,
The Number of Deaths during 1878.
receives Prisoners
sentenced to
9,803
27
329 9,262
180 93 07 10
113
405
2,728 519.10 | 17.46
304
15
Penal Servitude,
&c.
Total,...... 8,803 27
320 3,202
180 93
67 16
113
405
2,728 619.10 | 17.46 304
15
Нед,
3,558 24 272 9,077
172 80 02
க
10
108
392 2,589
500.97
15
Women,.
139
51
79
Juveniles.
112
9
11
67
18.00
17.46 304
100
17
1
&
2
2
88
3.13
• By "Penal Imprisonment" is meant Imprisonment inflèted as a substantive Punishment in pursuance of a sentence of a Court of Justice,
as distinguished from Imprisonment for safe custody, &c.
THESE QUESTIONS ARE TO BE FILLED UP IN RESPECT OF EACH 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?
Answers.
The Prison is not on the separate system, but the majority of the European prisoners, and a few of the Chinese are in separate cells at night.
Chinese and Indian prisoners are in association both day and night.
All the cells of the Prison have iron gates, through which the prisoners can be seen at night. While at labour or at exercise, the prisoners are constantly under the supervision of the Prison Officers.
There are 190 ordinary sleeping cells, 15 punish- ment cells; and 4 wards in the Prison, only one of the latter is used by night 83 cells are on the sepa-` rate system, and 107 on the associated plan.
The daily average number of prisoners confined in the Gool during the year 1878 was 519.10 and the cubic measurement of all the cells combined is 138,948 cubio feet, therefore giving a cubic space of 267.70 feet to each prisoner during the hours of sleep, passages and corridors not included.
Part of the Gaol has been converted into the sepa rate system, but as the cells (46 in number) were only completed at the end of the year, it is not possible as yet to report on their deterrent effect. As far as can be seen, there is good reason to expect the best results from this system of Prison discipline.
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.
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