CO129-254 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [1-4] — Page 322

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When I visited the gaol I was much struck

Joleming says

some little time ago

the evident overcrowding?

"Gen? Gordon's report for go says

remain unchanged.

The Prism buildings

... My

Recommendations for

annual

urgent

gail onlangerment and introduction of

the separate system appear to be bout

Wearitomne and useless reiterations"

He sprake g

{

the monstrous evils

" present garl system

2

g

the

in this

colony

and

1. the scandalous state of overtrouding

this

Gaol "

he says

were the superintendent of the gaol house Kreeker he would be

a lodging

" liable to a fine of $50 for every

one A

associated cells in Victorial

the present building. 318

Wtten

in adequacy

I

do not multiply

évidence

further as the

10140.91

is a suitable

the Whole tenor

the numbaless

1

20523.90

Writing on

the 16

of September 90

**

Sa F Fleming says

I was at once.

"Struck with what I considered to be

"the overcrowded state

J

the prison Sir W. des Voux did not much litte having handling the matter

any

more than Sin W. Robinson now, but

No one

has serious

disputed

the

above will probably be thought sufficient. Either of the Hongthong gaol"

hes sent to the various colonies

Mison cel prison despatches

has been mistaken.

Plaus

for

a

15 years ago.

new Qad were

were prepared nearly

There have been suggestions

for remodelling the present building or Wbuilding

on the same site - for using

a halth for providing temporary

accommo-

・dation elsewhere for short sentenced prisones. But it has all narrowed down to building a new prison

block by block

on a new site

We tried to reduce the number of prisonere by abolishing imprisonment for

debt

but they did such abolition was discoun- - tenanced in the colony.

The

were accustomed

X

community Hongkong to Wholetale departing flogging, branding: they thinks no doubt that

the

good

old times came back, there

if

would be no need for matting provision for many prisoners. They

Hever have

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