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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1904.
Name and Nature
of the Prisons, (Whether
"Common Gnol,“
Penitentiary," &c.)
Mere Lock-ups"
not to
be inserted.
Victorin Gaol,”-
Common Gaol, House of
Correction, also
ceives Prisoners sen-
tenced to Penal Ser-
vitude. &c.,
* A
Total...
Men,
Women,.............................
Twice.
Total Number of Prisoners Committed in 1904.
For Debt.
For Safe Custody till Trial or for Want of Security,
| For Purposes of Penal
Imprisonment.
Once.
Number Committed for Debt,
Want of Bail,
Number of those Committed
who have been
Number of Persons Committed to
l'enal Imprisonment,"
including
-
Penal Servitude,"
and Punishment. previously Convicted. (if that term is used in the
Colony to describe any
Punishment).
Thrice or more.
For Five Years or more.
For One Year or more, but
less than Five Years.
For more than Three Months, and less than One Year.
For Three Months or less.
re-
|
7.464
59
834 6,571
650 119
1:40
16
149
The Daily Average Number in Prison.
The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.
The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the
Year 1901.
The Number of Death during 1904.
256 6,160 726.56
7.404
69
8346,571
659
119
140
16❘ 149
256
4,150
725.50
6,911
57
772 6.082
640
116
135 16
142
239 5,685
692.66
503
2
58
443
ם
nil.
Anil.
Juveniles,
H
50 nil.
4
46
14
3
nil.
nil.
nil.
46
2.61
17
419
30.29
7.85
899
17
K
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 this separation complete ? And if not, what is the separa- tion enforced by day and night respectively?
11. 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 associate:l wards ?
IV. Taking the average number of prisoners in Gaol, how many cubie feet of space are there for each prisoner during the hours of sleep?
V. How are the prisoners classified?
Answers.
The Prison is nearly all on the separate system. European and Asiatic prisoners both new and old offenders are located in separate cells except when the total number of prisoners exceeds 514.
All cell doors are provided with inspection holes through which the prisoners can be seen by the officers patrolling the wards. While at labour or exereise the prisoners are at all times under the immediate supervi- sion of Principal Warders, Warders, and Assistant Warders.
There are 50 calls on the separate system, and 14 associated cells.
In separate In association
......664 cubic feet. ...(approximate) 200
M
First offenders are treated as far as accommo lation will permit as the star class men in the Home Prisons and are kept quite distinct from the habitual criminals. In classification their sentence and nationality are taken into consideration; they are classified as follows, viz.:
Europeans, Indians, and Chinese,
Delters.
Misdemeanants,
On remaid and awaiting trial.
First offenders,
Habitu -1 criminals.
Juvenile offenilors.
All the prisoners of the above classes are separato l
ut night, and in the yards, as much as possible.