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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1952

Stanley Reformatory School

The boys of Stanley Reformatory School are being placed under the charge of the Social Welfare Officer in a new home for boys at Castle Peak. This home will be run by the Salvation Army. The staff of the existing school can look back on six years of sustained effort which has been rewarded with much success. They will now be responsible for a different and older group of boys, as the Reformatory school will be brought into use as the first of the new training centres for Borstal-age boys.

After-Care

After-care work has been in the hands of the Salvation Army and the Family Welfare Society. All prisoners who are to be discharged in Hong Kong are given the opportunity of seeing the after-care officer, but these prisoners form less than 5% of the prison population and for the vast majority, who are to be deported, no after-care is possible.

Population

During the year 21,726 persons (20,179 men, 1,547 women) were committed to the prisons of the Colony, as compared with 20,409 (19,124 men, 1,285 women) during 1951. Of this number 19,399 (18,015 men and 1,384 women) were sentenced to serve terms of im- prisonment, of which 8,740 (men) and 824 (women) were for periods of under a month. In addition, 44 boys were admitted to the Reformatory, as compared with 51 during 1951. The daily average population was 3,495 (3,285 men, 109 women and 101 reformatory boys). The approved accommodation is for a total of 2,341 persons.

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