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Name and Nature of the Prisons, (Whether "Common Gaol," "Penitentiary," &c.)
Mere Lock-ups, not to be inserted.
| Name and Nature of Prison | Men | Women | Juveniles | Total Committed | For Debt | For Safe Custody | For Penal Imprisonment | Once | Twice | Thrice or more | 5+ Years | 1–5 Years | 3 Months – 1 Year | ≤3 Months | Debt/Bail/Punishment | Previously Convicted | Penal Imprisonment | Daily Avg in Prison | Daily Avg Sick List | Hospital Admissions | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Gaol (Common Gaol, House of Correction, also receives prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude) | 81 | 3,705 | 677 | 3,047 | 211 | 67 | 108 | 19 | 82 | 366 | 2,580 | 581 | 16.02 | 241 | |||||||
| Total | 3,703 | 81 | 577 | 3,047 | 211 | 87 | 108 | 19 | 82 | 366 | 2,380 | 581 | 16.02 | 241 |
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.
1. If the Prison is on the separate system, is this separation complete? And if not, what is the separation enforced by day and night respectively?
The Prison is not on the separate system. Forty-six cells are on the separate system and the majority of the European prisoners and a small number of Chinese prisoners sleep in separate cells, the remainder are in association day and night.
2. If not on the separate system, what provision is there for the supervision of the prisoners while in association?
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.
3. How many cells are there; and how many associated wards?
There are 190 cells, and 1 associated ward for debtors.
4. Taking the average number of prisoners in Gaol, how many cubic feet of space are there for each prisoner during the hours of sleep?
The daily average number of prisoners confined in the Gaol during the year 1889 was 581. The cubic measurement of all the cells combined is 203,814 feet, therefore giving a cubic space of 351 feet to each prisoner during the hours of sleep, passages and corridors not included.
5. How are the prisoners classified?
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 Imprisonment.
Prisoners on remand and for trial.
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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1889.
Name and Nature
of the Prisons, (Whether
"Common Gaol,"
"Penitentiary," &c.)
Mere **Lock-ups,
not to
be inserted.
"Victoria Gnol,”- Common Gaol, House of
Correction, also TC. ceives Prisoners sen. tenced to Penal Ser- vitude, ke,
-
Men,
Wonicu,
Juveniles,
Total Number of Prisoners Committed in 1889.
For Debt,
For Safe Custoly till Trial
or for Want of Security.
For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment.
Once.
Twice.
Thrice or mor.
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,
Number Committed for Debt, Want of Bail.
and Panishment.
Number of those Committed
who have been
Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonmeut,*
including
Penal Servitude,"
previously Convicted. (if that term is used in the
Colony to describe any
Punishment.)
The Daily Average Number in Prison.
The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.
The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the
Your 1839.
The Number of Denths during 1880.
81 3,705
677 3.047
211
67
108
19
82
36G 2,580
581
16.02
241
Total:.....
3.703
81
577 3.047
211
87
108
19
$2
3662.380
581
16.02
241
5
3,153
78
5112,864
20+
ST 107
19
131
50
78
206
A
353 (2.416
$59
6
70
13 16.02 244
121
1
105
2
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7
91
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.
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 avenge number of prismmers in Gnol, liow many enbic feet of spure 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. Forty- six cells are on the separato system anil the majority of the European prisoners and a small number of Chinese prisoners sleep in separate cells, the remainder aro in association day and night.
All the cells of the prison have iron gates, through which the prisoners can be seen at night. While at Jabour or at exercise, the prisoners are constantly under the supervision of the Prison Officers.
There are 190, cells, nml 1 associated ward for debtors.
The daily average number of prisoners confined in the Gaol during the year 1889 was 581. The cubic measurement of all the cells combined is 203,814 feet, therefore giving a cubic space of 351 feet to each pri- soner during the hours of sleep, pussages and corridors not included.
According to the unture of their scutences, their nationality, and occasionally according to their habits and temperament, as follows, viz. :-
+
Europeans, Indians, and Chinese.
Debtors.
Misdemennants.
Penal Imprisonment,
Prisoners on remand and for trial.
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