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prison at Lai Chi Kok near Kowloon, with accommodation for 480 prisoners. In this establishment all the prisoners sleep in association wards and only selected prisoners are sent there as the prison was not originally built as such. It was converted
from a Quarantine Station in 1920, for temporary use pending the building of a new prison. A new female prison at Lai Chi Kok was opened on 19th April. A new general prison has been approved and site preparations will be commenced in 1933,
13. The total number of persons committed to prison in the year 1932 was 7,793 as compared with 6,767 in 1931. The daily average number of prisoners in the prisons in 1932 was 1,114. The highest previous average was 1,189 in 1927. Over 90% of prisoners admitted are persons born outside the Colony.
14. The health of the prisoners generally was well maintained in the prisons.
15. The discipline in all three prisons was good
16. Prisoners are employed at printing, bookbinding, tin-smithing, matmaking, tailoring, carpentering, gardening, laundry work, cleaning and minor repairs to buildings. The bulk of the Government printing and bookbinding is done in Victoria Gaol.
17. A small separate ward is reserved in Victoria Gaol for Juveniles who are kept as far as possible apart from other prisoners. The daily average number of Juveniles in 1932 was 3.7. A school-master attends daily to instruct them. In 1929 the daily average was high and a separate hall was set aside at Lai Chi Kok for Juveniles, but the number is now so small that it has been found more expedient to deal with them in Victoria Gaol.
18. Police Magistrates may, under the provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance No. 41 of 1932, give time for the payment of fines.
19. Lady visitors attend the Female Prison twice weekly to instruct the prisoners in hand-work and to impart elementary education.
20. Visiting Justices inspect and report on the prisons every fortnight.
Chapter XIV.
LEGISLATION.
Forty-three Ordinances were passed during the year 1932. These and also the Regulations, Rules, By-laws and subsidiary legislative enactments are published in a separate
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prison at Lai Chi Kok near Kowloon, with accommodation for 480 prisoners. In this establishment all the prisoners sleep in association wards and only selected prisoners are sent there as the prison was not originally built as such. It was converted
from a Quarantine Station in 1920, for temporary use pending the building of a new prison. A new female prison at Lai Chi Kok was opened on 19th April. A new general prison has been approved and site preparations will be commenced in 1933,
13. The total number of persons committed to prison in the year 1932 was 7,793 as compared with 6,767 in 1931. The daily average number of prisoners in the prisons in 1932 was 1,114. The highest previous average was 1,189 in 1927. Over 90% of prisoners admitted are persons born outside the Colony.
14. The health of the prisoners generally was well maintained in the prisons.
15. The discipline in all three prisons was good
16. Prisoners are employed at printing, bookbinding, tin- smithing, matmaking, tailoring, carpentering, gardening, laundry work, cleaning and minor repairs to buildings. The bulk of the Government printing and bookbinding is done in Victoria Gaol.
17. A small separate ward is reserved in Victoria Gaol for Juveniles who are kept as far as possible apart from other prison- ers. The daily average number of Juveniles in 1932 was 3.7. A school-master attends daily to instruct them. In 1929 the daily average was high and a separate hall was set aside at Lai Chi Kok for Juveniles, but the number is now so small that it has been found more expedient to deal with them in Victoria Gaol.
18. Police Magistrates may, under the provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance No. 41 of 1932, give time for the payment of fines.
19. Lady visitors attend the Female Prison twice weekly to instruct the prisoners in hand-work and to impart elementary education.
20. Visiting Justices inspect and report on the prisons every fortnight.
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Chapter XIV.
LEGISLATION.
Forty-three Ordinances were passed during the year 1932. These and also the Regulations, Rules, By-laws and subsidiary legislative enactments are published in a separate
other
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