| Name and Nature of the Prisons, (Whether "Common Gaol," "Penitentiary," &c.) | Merc "Lock-ups, not to be inserted. | Total Number of Prisoners Committed in 1888 | Men | Women | Juveniles | For Debt | For Sale Custody till Trial or for Want of Security | For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Victoria Gaol," Common Gaol, House of Correction, also receives Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude, &c. | 3,627 | 684 | 2,906 | 37 | 164 | 75 | 95 | |
| For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment | Once | Twice | Thrice or more | For Five Years or more | For one Year or more, but less than Five Years | For more than 3 Months, and less than One Year | For 3 Months or less | |
| 2125 | 20 | 20 | 80 | 99 | 274 | 2,513 | ||
| Number Committed for Debt | Number Committed for Want of Bail | Number of those Committed who have been previously Convicted | Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonment,* including "Penal Servitude," | The Daily Average Number in Prison | The Daily Average Number on the Sick List | The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1888 | The Number of Deaths during 1888 | |
| 164 | 75 | 531 | 2,513 | 19.48 | 306 | 15 | 18 |
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, &c.
THESE QUESTIONS ARE TO BE FILLED UP IN RESPECT OF EACH PRISON IN THE COLONY.
The Prison is not on the separate system. Forty-six cells are on the separate system and the majority of the European prisoners and a small number of Chinese prisoners sleep in separate cells, the remainder are in association 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 190 cells, and an associated ward for debtors.
The daily average number of prisoners confined in the Gaol during the year 1888 was 538. The cubic measurement of all the cells combined is 203,844 feet, therefore giving a cubic space of 379 feet to each prisoner during the hours of sleep, passages and corridors not included.
According to the nature of their sentences, their nationality, and occasionally according to their habits and temperament, as follows, viz.:
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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1888.
Name and Nature
of the Prisons, (Whether
"Common Gaol,"
'Penitentiary," &c.)
Merc "Lock-ups,
not to
be inserted.
Total Number of Prisoners Committed in 1888.
"Victoria Gaol,"
Common Gaol, House of
Correction, also TC-
ceives Prisoners sen-> 3,627
tenced to Penal Ser-
vitude, &c.,
Men,
Women,
Juveniles,
For Debt.
For Sale Custody till Trial or for Want of Security.
For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment.
Once.
Twice.
Thrice or more.
For Five Yenra or more,
For one Year or more, 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 Bail,
Number of those Committed
who have been
Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonment,*
including
"Penal Servitude,”
and Punishment, previously Convicted (if that term is used in the
Colony to describe any
Punishment.)
The Daily Average Number in Prison.
The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.
The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1888.
The Number of Deaths during 1888.
37
684 2.906
164
75
95
2125
20
20
80
99
274 2,513
531 19.48 306 15
3,627 37
684 2,906
164
75 95 20
99
274 2.513
531
19.48 ROG 18
3,390 35
612|2,743 144
72
12
20
2233
93
262 2.366
5127
98
50
46
139
22 117
10
3
1
39
→
8 109
10
19.48 306 18
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, &c.
THESE QUESTIONS ARE TO BE FILLED UP IN RESPECT OF EACH- PRISON IN THE COLONY.
Questions.
I. If the Prisou is on the separate system, is this 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 in 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 there for each prisoner during the hours of sleep?
V. Ilow are the prisoners classified ?
Lİnswers.
The Prison is not on the separate system. Forty- six cells are on the separate system and the majority of the European prisoners and a swall number of Chinese prisoners sleep in separate cells, the remainder arg in association 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 190 cells, and associated ward for debtors.
The daily average number of prisoners confiued in the Gaol during the year 1888 was 538, The cubic measurement of all the cells combined is 203,844 feet, therefore giving a enbie space of 879 feet to each pri- soner during the hours of sleep, passages and corridors not included.
According to the nature of their sentences, their nationality, and occasionally according to their habits and temperamcut, as follows, viz. :
Europeans, Indians, and Chinese.
Debtors.
Misdemeanants.
Penal Imprisonment.
Prisoners on remand and for trial.
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