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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1915.
Name and Nature of the Prisons, (Whether "Common Gaol," "Penitentiary," &c.)
Mere Lock-ups
not to
be inserted.
14
"Victoria Gaol,”— Common Gaol, House of
Number Committed for Debt,
Number of those Committed
Want of Bail,
who have been
and Punishment.
Number of Persons Committed to
"Penal Imprisonment,"
including
Penal Servitude,"
previously Convicted. (if that term is used in the
Colony to describe any
Punishment).
Total Number of Persons Committed in 1915.
For Debt.
For Safe Custody till Trial
or for Want of Security.
For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment.*
Once.
Correction, also re- ceives Prisoners sen- tenced to Penal Ser- vitude, &c.,
4,179 58
1,112 3,009
324
18
Total.....
4,179 68
1,1123,000
324
18
Men,
3,894
54
319 1,018 2,822
18
Women,
Juveniles,
The Daily Average Number in Prison,
The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1915.
The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.
The Number of Deaths during 1915.
Twice.
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.
371
5
39
=
91
232 | 2,647
594
+49
T
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5
39
91
2322,647
594
++
5
39
89
211 2,483
563
188
4
81 103
1 Nil. Nil.
Nil.
2
21
80
30
37418-04
7
97 Nil.
13
84
Nil Nil
Nil. Nil
84
1
* 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, ke.
THESE QUESTIONS ARE TO BE FILLED UP IN RESPECT OF EACH PRISON IN THE COLONY,
Questions.
I. If the Prison is on a 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?
Answers.
The Victoria Gaol is nearly on the separate system.
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 exercise the prisoners are at all times under the immediate
supervi- sion of Principal Warders, Warders, and Assistant Warders.
There are 577 cells on the separate system, 12 associated cells and 1 condemned cell.
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?
In separate........ In association
..664 cubio feet. ....(approximate) 200 **
In classification their sentence and nationality are taken into consideration; they are classified as follows, viz. :—
Europeans, Indians, and Chinese.
Debtors.
Misdemeanants.
On remand and awaiting trial,
First offenders.
Habitual criminals.
Juvenile offenders.
All the prisoners of the above classes are separated at night, and in the yards, as much as possible.
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