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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1881.
Name and Nature
of the Prisons. (Whether "Common Gaol," "Penitentiary," &c.)
Mere "Lock-upa "
not to
be inserted.
1
"Victoria Gaol,”— Common Gaol, House of】
Hera dil up the columna
in respect of the whole
Colony.
Number Committed for Debt,
Want of Bail,
Namber of those Committed
who have been
and Punishment. previously Convicted.
Total Number of Prisoners Committed in 1881.
For Debt.
Forenfe Custody till Trial,
or for Want of Security.
For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment.
Thrice or more.
Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonment,* including
"Penal Servitude," (if that term is used in the
Colony to describe any
Punishment.)
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.
For 3 Months or less.
The Daily Average Number in Prison.
The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.
The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1881.
Tho Number of Deaths during 1881.
Correction, also re- ceives Prisoners sen- tenced to Fenal Ser- vitude, &c.,
4,150 23
645 3,482 270
128 165 23 129
321 3,009 655.28
15.449 297
Total.............
4,150 23
646 | 8,482 || 270
128
160
ર
129
021
8. 000 655.29
15.449; 297
Men,
ANALES DETERMILUJ
3,802 21
565 3,270 262
112
163
23
112
309 2,829 620.68
Women...
Juveniles,
159
2
72 85
129
8 121
8 16
2
13
2
12
69 28.78 15,449 297
2
N
8 111 5.82
By "Penal Imprisonment" is meant Imprisonment inflicted 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, wlint is the separa- зерага- 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 Forty six cells 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 100 ordinary sleeping cells, 15 punish- ment cells, and 4 wards in the prison; only one of the latter is used by night. 88 cells are on the sepa- rate system, and 107 on the associated plan.
The daily average number of prisoners confined in the Gaol during the year 1881 was 655.28, and the cubic measurement of all the cells combined is 138.948 cubic feet, therefore giving a cubic space of 212 feet to each prisoner during the hours of sleep, passages and corridors not included.
Forty six cells in the Gaol are set apart for the confinement of prisoners on the separate system. As the number of these cells is so limited they have oply been utilised for the reception of old offenders, and a few badly conducted men.
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.