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GAOLS AND PRISONERS.

STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONG KONG FOR 1930.

Sanic and Nature

of the Prisons, (Whether "Common Gaol," "Penitentiary," &c.)

Mere "Lock-u}&“

Dol to

be inserted.

Victoria Gaol,”

Common Gaol, House of

Correction, also re. ceives Prisoners sen- tenced to Penal Ser- vitude, &c.,

Men,

Women,

Juveniles,

Total Number of Persons Committed in 1930,

Number Committed for Debt,

Want of Buil,

Number of those Committed

who have been

Number of l'ursons Committed to

· Penal Imprisonment,”

including "Penal Servitude,”

and a unishment, previously Convicted. (if that term is used in the

Colony to describe any

Punishment).

For Debt.

For Safe Custody till Trial or for Want of Security.

For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment,*

Once.

Twice.

Thrice or more.

6.193

73

700

5,524 1,101

136

46

10

The Daily Average Kumber in Prison.

The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1930.

The Daily Average Number on the Sick List.

The Number of Deaths during 1930,

For Five Years or more.

For One Year or more, but Jess than Five Years.

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

For Three Months or less.

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Total........

6.498

73

796,8,624 1.101

136

14

10

187

7C5

4.608

1.175

5904 | 71

707 5,126 1,043

125

4 |

10

166

700 1,195

1.093

545

J4

Nil.

82

461

37

14

5

Nil

Nil.

Nil.

765 4,60%

1.175

:

***

63

Nil.

Nil.

21

375

72

893 21.32

IG

38

10

5

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

of Justice, as distinguished from unprisonment for safe custody, &c,

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

Questions,

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

II.—If not on the sepprate 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. – How are the prisoners classified ?

Answers.

The Vietorin Guol is nearly on the separate system. The Branch Prison at Lai Chi Kok is not on the separate system. Prisoners work and sleep in asso-

eintion.

Vietoria Gaol :—All cell doors are provided with inspection holes through which the prisoners can be While at seen by the officers patrolling the wards. labour or exercise the prisoners are at all times under the immediate supervision of Principal Warders, Warders, and Assistant Warders. At Lai Chi Kok Branch Prison, officers patrol behind grilles at night.

Victorin Gnol:- 633 cells on the separate system, 9 association cells, I condemned cell and 1 pulded cell. Lai Chi Kok:- Halls-each Hall can accom- modute 60 prisoners.

Victoria Gaol: –

In separate..........

.664 cubic feet.

In association --(approximate) 200

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Lai Chi Kok:-There are 602 cubic feet to ench prisoner and each one bus 54 sq. feet of window cap- able of being opened.

In classifiention their sentences and nationality are taken into consideration; they are clussified as follows,

viz.:—

Females.

Europeans, Indians, and Chinese.

Convicted adult prisoners.

Debtors.

Misdemeanants.

On remand and

awaiting trial. Juvenile offenders.

All the prisoners of the above classes are separatel

at night, and in the yards, so far us possible,

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