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GAOLS AND PRISONERS.

STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE PRISONS OF HONG KONG FOR 1933.

Name and Nature

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

Mere Lock-ups"

not to

be inserted.

Victoria Guol.". Common Gaol, House of

Total Number of Persons Committed in 1933.

For Debt,

For Safe Custody till Trial

or for Want of Security.

For Purposes of Penal Imprisonment,"

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.

Number Committed for Debt,

Want of Bail,

Number of those

Committed

who have been

Number of Persons Committed to

"Penal Imprisonment,”

including

• Penal Serviinde,"

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

Colony to describe any

Punishment),

The Daily Average Number in Prison.

The Number of Admissions to Hospital during the Year 1933.

The Daily Average Number on the Sick List

The Number of Deaths during 1933.

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

11.439

62 1,185 | 10,192 1,213

401

34

16

257

1,040 8,879

1.472

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Total..

11,439, 62

1.185 | 10,192) 1.213

401

34

16

257 |1,040 | 8.879

1,473

Men,

9.664

60 1,052 8,552 1,134

386

26

18

233 933 7,370

Women,

1,741

N

130 | 1,609

77

12

Xil.

22 101 1,483

1,815

30.90

19

Juveniles,

By

34 Nil.

3 31

2

3

il.

2

3

26

|

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 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 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?

IV. -Taking the average uumber 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 Victorin Gaol is nearly ou the separate system. The Branch Prison at Lai Chi Kok is not on the separate system. Prisoners work and sleep in asso- eintion. The Female Prison is partly on the separate system but prisoners are mainly in association both night and day.

Victoria Gaol :-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, At Lai Chi Kok Branch Prison, officers patrol behind grilles at night, Female Prison. Cells have inspection holes. Ward- resses patrol at night during the day the prisoners аге under the supervision of the Matrons and Wardrosses.

Victorin Gaol: 633 cells ou the separate system, 9 association cells, I condemned cell and 1 pudded cell, Lai Chi Kok:- 8 Halls-each Hall can accom- molate 40 prisoners.

Victoris Gaol:-

In separate

....664 cubic feet.

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In association -(approximate) 200 Lai Chi Kok:-There are 602 cubic feet to each prisoner and each one has 54 sq. feet of window cap- able of being opened.

Female I'rison, 394 cubic feet to each prisoner. In classification their sentences and nationality are taken into consideration; they are classified 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 separated

at night, and in the yards, so far as possible.

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