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5. Juvenile offenders are now sent, after conviction and sentence, to the Remand Home (Boys) and Salvation Army Home (Girls).
VICTORIA GAOL (MALES).
6. 23,333,380 forms were printed and issued to various Government departments and 106,499 books bound or repaired as compared with 22,993,811 forms and 122,901 books in 1933. During the year type to the value of $460 was cast.
7. Other industries in the Prison included matmaking, tailoring, carpentering, tinsmithing, painting, laundering, shoemaking, netmaking and basketmaking, and the usual upkeep work of cleaning and minor building repairs.
8. The Gaol was again overcrowded.
9. The workshop accommodation is inadequate.
10. Two prisoners attempted to escape, one on 28th February and one on 25th December. Both were recaptured by Prison officers.
LAI CHI KOK PRISON.
11. Garden work continues to give useful employment. Other work done at Lai Chi Kok, apart from the essential routine duties of cooking, cleaning, etc., included string and net making, coir matmaking, basket and broom making and grass matmaking.
12. There was no escape or attempt to escape.
13. A new Hall to accommodate, if necessary, 200 prisoners was built and occupied.
FEMALE PRISON LAI CHI KOK.
14. This prison was also overcrowded. Although it was constructed to accommodate 120 (about double the daily average in custody in the old Female Prison) the number in the New Prison has frequently been much higher.
15. Female prisoners are employed chiefly on laundry work and mending. They also do a certain amount of envelope making, etc., and a little weaving.
16. The Lady Visitors continue to attend regularly for instructional purposes. Sisters from the Italian Convent attend on Saturdays and Lady Visitors of the Church Missionary Society attend on Sundays to give religious addresses. The administration would again like to express thanks to all these ladies for their valued services.
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5. Juvenile offenders are now sent, after conviction and sentence, to the Remand Home (Boys) and Salvation Army Home (Girls).
VICTORIA GAOL (MALES).
6. 23,333,380 forms were printed and issued to various Government departments and 106,499 books bounds or repaired as compared with 22,993,811 forms and 122,901 books in 1933. During the year type to the value of $460 was cast.
7. Other industries in the Prison included matmaking, tailoring, carpentering, tinsmithing, painting, laundering, shoe- making, netmaking and basketmaking, and the usual upkeep work of cleaning and minor building repairs.
8. The Gaol was again overcrowded.
9. The workshop accommodation is inadequate.
10. Two prisoners attempted to escape, one on 28th February and one on 25th December. Both were recaptured by Prison officers.
LAI CHI KOK PRISON.
11. Garden work continues to give useful employment. Other work done at Lai Chi Kók, apart from the essential routine duties of cooking, cleaning, etc., included string and net making, coir matmaking, basket and broom making and grass matmaking.
12. There was no escape or attempt to escape.
13. A new Hall to accommodate, if necessary, 200 prisoners was built and occupied.
FEMALE PRISON LAI CHI KOK,
14. This prison was also overcrowded. Although it was constructed to accommodate 120 (about double the daily average in custody in the old Female Prison) the number in the New Prison has frequently been much higher.
15. Female prisoners are employed chiefly on laundry work and mending. They also do a certain amount of envelope making, etc., and a little weaving.
16. The Lady Visitors continue to attend regularly for in- structional purposes. Sisters from the Italian Convent attend on Saturdays and Lady Visitors of the Church Missionary Society attend on Sundays to give religious addresses. The administra- tion would again like to express thanks to all these ladies for their valued services.
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