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Corporal Punishment administered in

Hong Kong

Corporal punishment has not been recommended for disciplinary offences in the prisons for the past seventeen years.

Over the year, 1 juvenile was caned at the Central Magistracy and 1 adult at Stanley Prison by order of the Courts.

Comparative figures over five years are:

1964-65

1965-66

1966-67

1967-68

1968-69

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

By order of Court

6*

4*

Nil

17*

2*

*These figures refer only to corporal punishment

administered by the Prisons Department.

Extract from

Presons Dept. Annual Report

1868-69

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