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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1912.

Name and Nature of the Prisous, (Whether

• Common Gaol,"

* Penitentiary." &c.)

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not to

be inserted.

"

Victoria Gaol.”.

Common Gaol, House of

Correction, also 10-

Number Committed For Debt,

Want of Bail.

Number of those

Committe

who have heen

·

Number of Persons Committed to

Penal Imprisonment,"

including

Penal Servitude,"

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

Culony to describe any

Punishment).

Total Number of Persons Committed in 1912.

For Debt.

For Safe Custody till Trial

or for Want of Security.

For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment.*

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Twice.

Thrice or more.

For Five Years or more,

For One Year or more, but less than Five Years,

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

For Three Months or less,

The Daily Average Number in Prisott.

The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1912.

The Daily Average Number on the Sick List,

The Number of Deaths during 1912.

ceives Prisoners sen- tenced to Penal Ser- vitude. &e,

6,236

0515,210 $15

70

18

53

76

288 1,797

701

ITP

Total.......

6,236

66 9515,219

815

70

18

68

2

298 4.797

701

Men,

5,797

8314,904 U2

787

G8

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17

55

73

2754,501

062

Women,

277

+ 109 164

1

Nil.

"

3

12

146

37

189

5:08 19

Juveniles,

162

Nil.

151

24

3

Nil. Nil.

150

2

• By "Penal Imprisonment" is meant imprisonment inflicted as a substantive punishment in parsanuce of a sentence of a Court of

Justice, as distinguished from imprisonment for Mafe custody, &c.

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

Questions.

Answers.

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

1I.—If not on the separate system, what provision is there for the supervision of the prisoners while in association ?

11.-How many cells are there; and how many associateıl wards ?

The Victoria Gnol is nearly on the separate system.

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

There are 577 cells on the separate system, 12 associated cells and 1 condemned coll.

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.-How are the prisoners classificul ?

In separate... In association

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

(approximate) 200

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In classification their sentence and nationality are taken into consideration; they are classified as follows, viz. ;—

Europeans, Indians, and Chinese.

Debtors.

Misdemeanants.

On remand and awaiting trial.

First offenders.

Habitual criminals.

Juvenile offenders.

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