11. The Victoria Gaol was gradually depopulated during the year until the 26th September when it was entirely closed down.
12. There was no escape or attempt to escape.
13. There were three executions during the year. LAI CHI KOK PRISON.
14. Work done at Lai Chi Kok, apart from the essential routine duties of cooking, cleaning, etc., included string and netmaking, coir matmaking, basket and broom making, and grass matmaking. Garden work has been discontinued.
15. The Lai Chi Kok Prison was closed down on the 28th January.
16. There was no escape or attempt to escape.
FEMALE PRISON LAI CHI KOK.
17. This prison was also overcrowded. Although constructed to accommodate 120, the numbers have frequently been over 250.
18. Female prisoners are employed chiefly on laundry work and mending. Other employment includes cooking, weaving, envelope making, and a little gardening.
19. Lady Visitors, as hitherto, attended regularly for instructional purposes. Sisters from the Italian Convent visited on Saturdays, and ladies of the Church Missionary Society on Sundays, to give religious addresses. The administration would again like to express thanks to all these ladies for their valued and gratuitous services.
GENERAL.
20. 437 punishments were awarded for breaches of prison discipline, as compared with 430 for the preceding year.
21. One hundred and eighty-six prisoners were whipped by order of Courts, as compared with 63 in 1936.
22. There was a decrease in the number of prisoners convicted in the New Territory Courts (See paragraph 3).
23. Owing to overcrowding in the prisons, 210 males were released before expiration of sentence. It was not found necessary to release any women prematurely.
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11. The Victoria Gaol was gradually depopulated during the year until the 26th September when it was entirely closed down.
12.
There was no escape or attempt to escape..
13. There were three executions during the year.
LAI CHI Kok PEISON.
14. Work done at Lai Chi Kok, apart from the essential routine duties of cooking, cleaning, etc., included string and netmaking, coir matmaking, basket and broom making, and grass matmaking. Garden work has been discontinued.
15. The Lai Chi Kok Prison was closed down on the 28th
January.
16.
There was no escape or attempt to escape.
FEMALE PRISON LAI CHI KOK.
17. This prison was also overcrowded. Although constructed to accommodate 120 the numbers have frequently been over 250.
18. Female prisoners are employed chiefly on laundry work and mending. Other employment includes cooking,, weaving, envelope making and a little gardening.
19. Lady Visitors as hitherto attended regularly for instructional purposes.
Sisters from the Italian Convent visited on Saturdays, and ladies of the Church Missionary Society on Sundays, to give religious addresses. The administration would again like to express thanks to all these ladies for their valued and gratuitous services.
GENERAL.
20. 437 punishments were awarded for breaches of prison discipline as compared with 430 for the preceding year.
21.
One hundred and eighty six prisoners were whipped by order of Courts, as compared with 63 in 1936.
22. There was a decrease in the number of prisoners convicted in the New Territory Courts (See paragraph 3).
23. Owing to overcrowding in the prisons 210 males were released before expiration of sentence. It was not found necessary to release any women prematurely.
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