(Whether Common Gaol, Penitentiary, &c.)
Mere Lock-ups not to be inserted.
| Prison | Total Number of Persons Committed in 1913 | For Debt | For Safe Custody till Trial or for Want of Security | For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment | Number Committed for Debt | Number of those Committed for Want of Bail who have been Previously Convicted | Once | 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 Prison | Penal Imprisonment (including Penal Servitude) | Number of Persons Committed to Penal Imprisonment | The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1913 | The Daily Average Number on the Sick List | The Number of Deaths during 1913 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Gaol, Common Gaol, House of Correction, also receives Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude, &c. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Men | 11,835 | 6,463 | 12 | 1,034 | 5,799 | 701 | 37 | 9 | 43 | 81 | 206 | 5,490 | 702 | 52 | 1,034 | 5,799 | 704 | 37 | 59 |
| Women | 50 | 809 | 5,541 | 635 | 37 | 9 | 315 | 2 | 161 | 182 | 3 | Nil. | Nil. | 42 | 61 | 206 | 5,400 | 702 | 174 |
| Juveniles | 36 | 38 | 57 | 201 | 5,248 | 657 | 77 | Nil. | 73 | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | 172 | 41 | 824 | 12.08 | 10 | 2 | 70 |
| Total |
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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I. If the Prison is on a separate system, is the separation complete? And, if not, what is the separation enforced by day and night respectively?
Answer. The Victoria Gaol is nearly on the separate system.
II. If not on the separate system, what provision is there for the supervision of the prisoners while in association?
Answer. 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 supervision of Principal Warders, Warders, and Assistant Warders.
III. How many cells are there; and how many associated wards?
Answer. There are 577 cells on the separate system, 12 associated cells and 1 condemned cell.
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?
Answer. In separate cells … 664 cubic feet. (approximate)
In association … 200 的
V. How are the prisoners classified?
Answer. 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.
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STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONGKONG FOR 1918.
Naine and Nature of the Prisons, (Whether *Common Gaol,"
** Penitentiary," &c.)
Mere Lock-upsi
not to
be inserted.
-
Total Number of Persons Committed in 1913.
For Debt.
For Safe Custody till Trial
or for Want of security.
For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment."
Number Cominitted for Debt,
Number of those
Committed
Want of Bail,
who have been
and Punishment.
Once.
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.
previously Convicted.] (if that term is used in the
Colony to describe any
Punishment),
The Daily Average Number in Prisou.
"Penal Imprisonment,"
บ.
Including "Penal Servitude,"
Number of Porsona
Committed to
The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1913.
The Daily Average'Number on the Sick List.
The Number of Deaths during 1913,
Common tinul, House of
Correction, also
re-
ecives Prisoners sen- 6.856
tenced to l'enal Ser-
vitudo, &c.,
Men,
Women,
Juveniles,
Totul,.
11,835
| 6,463
h2
1,034 5,799
701 37
9
43
81 206 5,490
702
H
52
1,034 5,799
704
37
ब
59
50
809 |5,541
635
37
9
315
2
161 182
3 Nil.
Nil.
42
61
206 5.400
702
174
36
38
57
201 5,248
657
77 Nil.
+
73
Nil.
Nil.
:
172
41
824 | 12:08
10
2
70
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.
Answers.
I-If the Prisou is on a separate system, is the separation completo ? And, if not, what is the separa- tion ouforced 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 ?
The Victoria Gnol is nearly on the separate system.
All coll 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 I condemned cell.
IV. Taking the average number of prisoners in Guol, how many cubic feet of space are there for each prisoner during the hours of sleep?
V.-How are the prisoners classified ?
lu soparato...ma In association
..................................................664 cubio feet. -(upproximate) 200 的
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In classification their soutence and nationality are taken into consideration; they are classified as follows, viz. :—
Europeans, Indians, and Chinese.
Debtors.
Misdemounants.
On remand and awaiting trial.
First offenders,
Habitual criminala, Juvenile offendurs,
All the prisoners of the above classes are separated
at night, and in the yards, as much as possible.
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