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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1880.

Name and Nature

of the Prisons, (Whether

·Common Gaol," "Penitentiary," &c.)

Mere “Lock-ups

not to

be inserted.

Total Number of Prisoners Committed in 1880.

For Debt.

Forsafe Custoly till Trinl,|

or for Want of Security

For Purposes of Penal Im-| prisonment.

Once.

Twice.

Thrice of more,

For Five Years or more,

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For One Year orniore, but

less than Five Years.

For more than 3 Months,

and less than One Year,

For 3 Months or less.

Number Committed for Debt, Want of Keil,

and Punishment.

Number of those Committed

who have been

previously Convicted.

Number of Persona Committed to Penal Imprisonment,"

including

"Penal Servitude," (if that term is used in the

Colony to describe any

Punishment.)

* Victoria Gan),”—

Common fiaol, Home of

Correction, also

ceites Prisoners sen- 3,330

tenced to Penal Ser-

vitode, ke.. **.........................

Total............. 3,130

19 131 3,050 211

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Men.

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3.272

Women........

Juveniles.

143

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The Daily Average Number in Prison.

The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.

The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1830.

The Number of Deaths during 1880.

431 3,00 241

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2,622 574.25 15.953 316

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303

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By Penal Imprisonment” is meant Imprisonment inflicted as a substantive Punishment in pursuance of a sentence of a Court of

Justice, as distinguished from Imprisonment for safe custody, de,

THESE QUESTIONS ARE TO BE FILLED UP IN RESPECT OF EACH PRISON IN THE COLONY.

Questions.

I. If the Prison is on the separate system, is the separation complete? And if not, what is the separa- tion enforced by day and night respectively?

II. If not on the separate system, what provision is there for the supervision of the prisoners while fa association?

III. How many cells are there; and how many associated wards?”

IV. Taking the average number of prisoners in Gaol, how many cubic feet of space are tliore for each prisoner during the hours of sleep?

V. How are the prisoners classified?

Answers.

The Prison is not on the separate system, but the majority of the European prisoners and a few of the Chinese are in separate cells at night.

Chinese and Indian prisoners are in association both day and night.

All the cells of the Prison have iron gates, through which the prisoners can be seen at night. While at labour or at exercise, the prisoners are constantly under the supervision of the Prison Officers.

There are 100 ordinary sleeping cells, 15 punish meat cells, and 4 wards in the prison; only one of the latter is used by night. 83 cells are on the sepa- rate system, and 107 on the associated plan.

The daily average number of prisoners confined in the Gaol during the year 1880 was 574.25, and the cubic measureracnt of all the cells combined is 198.048 cubic feet, therefore giving a cubic space of 242 feet to cach prisoner during the hours of sleep, passages and corridors not included.

Forty six cells in the Gaol are set apart for the confinement of prisoners on the separate system. As the number of these cells is so limited they have only been utilised for the reception of old offenders.

According to the nature of their sentences, their nationality, and occasionally according to their habits and temperament, as follows, viz:- Europeans, Indians, and Chinese,

Debtors.

Misdemeanants.

Penal Servitude.

Prisoners on remand and for trial.