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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 | Total Number of Persons Committed in 1917 | For Debt | For Safe Custody till Trial or for Want of Security | For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment: Once | For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment: Twice | For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment: Thrice or more | For Five Years or more | Number Committed for Debt, Want of Bail, and Punishment | Number of those Committed who have been previously Convicted | Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonment including Penal Servitude: For One Year or more but less than Five Years | Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonment including Penal Servitude: For more than Three Months and less than One Year | Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonment including Penal Servitude: For Three Months or less | The Daily Average Number in Prison | The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1917 | The Daily Average Number on the Sick List | The Number of Deaths during 1917 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Gaol (Common Gaol, House of Correction, also receives Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude) | 3,356 | 62 | 628 | 2,706 | 286 | 119 | 15 | 51 | 74 | 250 | 2,325 | 600 | ||||
| Men | 3,186 | 50 | 627 | 2,549 | 283 | 116 | 15 | 1 | 51 | 70 | 234 | 2,194 | 501 | |||
| Women | 147 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 104 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 21 | 79 | 11 | ||||
| Juveniles | 63 | Nil | Nil | 53 | 3 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 1 | 52 | 252 | 92 | 10 |
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.
1. If the Prison is on a separate system, is the separation complete? And, if not, what is the separation enforced by day and night respectively?
The Victoria Gaol is nearly on the separate system.
2. If not on the separate system, what provision is there for the supervision of the prisoners while in association?
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 supervision of Principal Warders, Warders, and Assistant Warders.
3. How many cells are there; and how many associated wards?
There are 655 cells on the separate system, 12 associated cells and 1 condemned cell.
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?
In separate cells: 664 cubic feet (approximate). In association: 200, 17, 39.
5. How are the prisoners classified?
By 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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GAOLS AND PRISONERS.
STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1917.
Name and Nature
of the Prisons, (Whether
"Common Gaol," "Penitentiary." &c.)
•
Mere Lock-ups "
not to
be inserted.
"Victoria Gaol,”- Common Gaol, House of)
Correction, also re-
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Total Number of Persons Committed in 1917,
For Debt.
For Safe Custody till Trial
or for Want of Security,
For l'urposes of Fenal
Imprisonment.*
Once.
Twice.
| Thrice or more.
For Five Years or more,
Number Committed for Debt,
Want of Bail,
and Punishment,
Number of those
Committed
who have been
Number of Persona
Committed to
Penal Imprisonment,"
including
"Penal Servitude,"
previously Convicted. (if that term is used in the
Colony to describe any
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.
Punishment).
The Daily Average Number in Prison.
The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1917.
The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.
The Number of Deaths during 1917,
ceives Prisoners sen- tenced to Penal Ser- vitude, ko,
13.386
62
286 628 2,706
119 15
*
51
74
256 | 2,325
6111
Total...
3,356 62
628 2.706
286
119
15
51
74
250 2,325
600
Men,
3,186 50
BS7 2,549
283
116
15
I
51
70
234 2.194 501
Women,
147
01
Į
41
104
Nil. Nil. Nil.
Nil.
21
79 |
H
Juveniles,
63 Nit.
NII.
53
3 Nil. Kil. Xil.
1
52
252
9-2 10
By Penal Imprisonment is meant imprisonment inflicted na 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.
Answers.
II.—If not on the separate system, what provision is there for the supervision of the prisoners whila in
association?
III-How many cells are there; and how many associated wards ?
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 Priucipul Warders, Wurders, and Assistant Warders.
There are 655 cells on the separate system, 12 associated cells and 1 condemned cell.
IV.—Taking the average number of prisouers in Gaol, how many cubic feet of space are there for each prisoner during the hours of sleep?
V.—How are the prisoners clusnitie: ?
In separate..... In association
.....664 cubic feet. -(approximate) 200 17 39
Ju classification their sentence and nationality are taken into consideration; they are claseitled as follows, viz. :—
Europeans, Indians, and Chinese.
Debtors.
Misdemeanants.
On remand and awaiting trial.
First offenders.
Habitual critvinals.
Juvenile offendors.
All the prisoners of the above classes are separated
at night, and in the yards, as much as possible.
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