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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1896.

Name and Nature

of the Prison", (Whether

** Cominon Gaol,"

"Penitentiary," &c.)

Mere "Lock-ups"

not to

be insertoi.

"Victoria Gaol,"

"

Common Gaol, House of

Correction, also

coives Prisoners sen.

Number Committed for Debt, Want of Bail,

and Punishment,

Number of those Committed

who have been

Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonment,"

including "Penal Servitude,"

previously Convicted,' (if that term is used in the

Colony to describe any

Total Number of Prisoners Committed in 1896.

For Debt.

For Safe Custody till Trinl or for Want of Security.

For Purposes of Penal

Imprisonment.

Once.

Twice.

Punishment).

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.

The Daily Average Number in Prison.

The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.

The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1896,

The Number of Deaths during 1896.

re-

5,582

61

235 5.266

874 136

158

5

48

176 5,057

014

33.38

600 17

tenced to Penal Ser-

vitudo, &c.,

Total,.

5,582

61

235 5,286

374

136

158

સ

Меп,

5,234

59

199 4,976

357

131 150

14

5

Women,

214

2

34

178

W

Juveniles,

134

2 132

14

5

48

176 5,057

614

33.39 500

17

39

158 4,774

4797

C

:

17

152

27

33.38 500

17

1

131

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.

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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 this separation complete? And if not, what is the soparu- tion enforced by day and night respectively?

II. If not on the separate system, what provision is there for the supervision of tho 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 thore for cach prisoner during the hours of sleep?

V. How are the prisoners classified?

Answers.

The Prison is partially on the separato system. All the European and part of the Asiatic prisoners (old offenders), are located in separato cells. The remainder are in association day and night.

All association cells have iron gates, through which tho prisoners can bo soon by the Warders patrolling the wards. While at labour or excrcise, prisoners are at all times under the immediate supervision of Prison officers.

There are 259 cells on the separate system of which 13 are penal cells and 102 associated cells of which 7 are used as hospital cells.

In separato

In association...........

...664 cubic feet.

.569 ""

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First offenders are treated as far as accommodation will permit as the star class men in the Home Prisons; they are kept quite distinct from the habitual criminals. In classification their sentence and nationality is taken into consideratiou; they are classified as follows, viz. ;— Europeans, Indians, und Chinese.

Debtors.

Misdemeanants.

On remand and awaiting trial.

First offenders.

Habitual criminals.

All the prisoners of the above classes are separated

at night, and in the yards, as much as possible.