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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1906.

Name and Natura of the Prisons, [Whether “Common Gaul,”

- Penitentiary,” &c.)

ålere "fuck-ups"

not to

he inserted.

* Victoria Gaol,”—

Common Gaol, House of)

Totul Number of Prisoners Committed in 1906,

For Debt.

For Safe Custody till Trial

or for Want of Security.

¦ For Purposes of Penal

| Imprisonment.

Once.

Twice.

$!

S9

4979

Thrice or more.

For Five Years or more,

For One Year or more, but less than Five Yea».

For more than Three Months, and less tlmu One Year.

For Three Munting 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.”

und Panishment. previously Convicted. (if that term is used in the

Colony to describe any

Punishment).

Correction, also

re-

coivea Prisonera ken-

+.790

71

8.33 16,073

30 581

40

10

tenced to Penal der.

vitoru, Sec-

Total.

5,700

71

053 6,075 581 39 40 19

العلا

5.471

45

001 4,805

549

Women,

247

46

The Daily Average Number in Prisan.

The Delly Average Number on the Sick List.

The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1906.

The Number of Deaths during 1906,

518

88 14,870

518

18

19

79

47

4,610

4017

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Nil.

10

166

20

857 7-69

23

Juveniler,

81 Nil.

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Nil.

Xil. 2

73

**Penal Imprisonincut" is meant imprisonment inflleted as a substantivo punishment in pursuance of a sentence of a Court of

Justice, a distinguished from imprisonment for safe custody, ko.

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 soparation completo? And if not, what is the separu- 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 ?

IIl, low many cells are there; and how many associated wards ?

IV. Taking the average number of prisoners in Gaal, bow many cubic feet of space are there for each prisoner during the hours of sleep?

V. How are the prisoners classified ?

Answers.

The Victoria Gaol is on the separate system. In the Branch Prison, Causeway Bay, the prisoners kry in association, they being meu nufit for Hard Labour.

All well doors are provided with inspection holes through which the prisoners can ho seen by the officers While at labour or exercise the patrolling the wards. prisoners are at all times under the immediate suporvi- sion of Principal Warders, Warders, and Assistant Warders.

There are 314 colls on the separato system. Branch Prison contains 3 large association wards and 3 cells.

In sepurate........ In association

.........................664 cubic feet.

--(approximate) 300

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First offonders are treated us the star class mea in de lune Prisons and are kept quite distinct from the habitual criminals.

In classification theirsentence and nationality are taken into consideration; they are classified as follows, viz. :— Europeans, Indians, and Chinese.

Debtors.

Misdemeanants,

On remand sud awaiting trial.

First offenders.

Habitual eriginals.

Juvenile offoudors.

All the prisoners of the above classes are separated at night, and in the yards, as much as possible.

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