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Wednesday, October 16, 1974
In Stanley Prison alone the population was just
under 3,000 whereas the prison was designed for 1,500. Hon.
Members will know of the incidents that have occurred in this
prison.
Something has already been done to strengthen the physical security of Stanley Prison and to improve management and operating procedures. However, in the long term new institutions will be needed and Stanley Prison itself will have to be progressively rebuilt. Planning for this is already in hand: Two new institutions at Pik Uk in the
New Territories will be completed within the next few months
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and they will help to ease the position. Although other projects in the Public Works Programme, including a new maximum security prison, will eventually accommodate about 3,000 offenders, it will be some time before these are completed. We are therefore looking for other temporary accommodation which could be used to solve the immediate problem of over-crowding with its attendant risk of disorder.
The Detention Centres have now completed their
The
first two years and the system is being evaluated. preliminary conclusion is that they have been successful and repaid the immense amount of care, and effort put into
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