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VICTORIA GAOL (MALES).
6. 18,576,579 forms were printed and issued to various Government departments and 88,677 books bound or repaired as compared with 14,929,770 forms and 82,210 books in 1931. During the year type to the value of $1,877.00 was cast.
7. Other industries in the Prison included matmaking, tailoring, carpentering, tinsmithing, painting, laundering, shoemaking, netmaking and basketmaking, and the necessary upkeep work of cooking, cleaning and minor building repairs.
8. The Gaol was again overcrowded.
9. The workshop accommodation is inadequate.
LAI CHI KOK PRISON (MALES).
10. Garden work continues to give useful employment. Other work done at Lai Chi Kok, apart from the necessary routine duties of cooking, cleaning, etc. included string and net making, basket and broom making and grass matmaking. Coir matmaking was successfully introduced in 1930 and the bulk of this work is now done at Lai Chi Kok.
11. Two prisoners escaped, one on 3rd April and one on 13th April. They have not been recaptured.
FEMALE PRISON-LAI CHI KOK.
12. The new Female Prison at Lai Chi Kok was opened in April. Provision has been made for the segregation of long sentence prisoners, short sentence prisoners and persons committed but not convicted. This Prison has supplied a long felt want and although it is only intended as a temporary measure pending the building of a permanent Female Prison at Stanley, it is a model establishment of its kind and is a step in the right direction for the better accommodation of prisoners in Hong Kong.
13. The administration has again to thank the visiting ladies, both English and Chinese, for their valuable services in giving free instruction and elementary education to the prisoners. Now that the prison is at Lai Chi Kok many of these ladies have to travel a long way to attend. That they do so regularly and willingly is a proof of their continued interest. It is difficult to estimate the results of their efforts as the majority of the prisoners in whom they are interested are banished for terms of 5 years and upwards, but their visits are much appreciated and it is to be hoped that the Lady Visitors' endeavours assist the women to become useful members of society on their release.
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VICTORIA GAOL (MALES).
6. 18,576,579 forms were printed and issued to various Gov- ernment departments and 88,677 books bound or repaired as compared with 14,929,770 forms and 82,210 books in 1931. During the year type to the value of $1,877.00 was cast.
7. Other industries in the Prison included matmaking, tailor- ing, carpentering, tinsmithing, painting, laundering, shoemaking, netmaking and basketmaking, and the necessary upkeep work of cooking, cleaning and minor building repairs.
8. The Gaol was again overcrowded.
9. The workshop accommodation is inadequate.
LAI CHI KOK PRISON (MALES).
10. Garden work continues to give useful employment. Other work done at Lai Chi Kok, apart from the necessary routine duties of cooking, cleaning, etc. included string and net making, basket and broom making and grass matmaking. Coir matmaking was successfully introduced in 1930 and the bulk of this work is now done at Lai Chi Kok.
11. Two prisoners escaped, one on 3rd April and one on 13th April. They have not been recaptured.
FEMALE PRISON-LAI CHI KOк.
12. The new Female Prison at Lai Chi Kok was opened in April. Provision has been made for the segregation of long sentence prisoners, short sentence prisoners and persons commit- ted but not convicted. This Prison has supplied a long felt want and although it is only intended as a temporary measure pending the building of a permanent Female Prison at Stanley, it is a model establishment of its kind and is a step in the right direction for the better accommodation of prisoners in Hong Kong.
13. The administration has again to thank the visiting ladies, both English and Chinese, for their valuable services in giving free instruction and elementary education to the prisoners. Now that the prison is at Lai Chi Kok many of these ladies have to travel a long way to attend. That they do so regularly and will- ingly is a proof of their continued interest. It is difficult to estimate the results of their efforts as the majority of the prisoners in whom they are interested are banished for terms of 5 years and upwards, but their visits are much appreciated and it is to be hoped that the Lady Visitors' endeavours assist the women to become useful members of society on their release.
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