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Prisons in Hong Kong comprise correctional facilities in Hong Kong, a city and special administrative region of China. They are managed by the Correctional Services Department . Facilities have different purposes, including training centres, [ 1 ] detention centres, rehabilitation centres, and drug addiction treatment centres.
In March 2005, the second Guangdong-Hong Kong Prison Forum was held in Hong Kong. In the same month, the Lo Wu Correctional Facility closed and was later moved to another location. The Castle Peak Bay Immigration Center opened in August 2005. In December 2005, the oldest penal institution in Hong Kong, Victoria Prison, was shut down. [15]
As of 2018 there was a daily average of 8,310 prisoners in the Hong Kong prison system. The prisons had an occupancy rate of 81.6 per cent, while training, detention, rehabilitation, and drug addiction treatment centres had an occupancy rate of 30.8 per cent.
Adjacent to Stanley Prison is the Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum. [4] The museum is housed in a two-storey building next to the parade ground of the Staff Training Institute of the Correctional Services Department in Stanley.
Victoria Prison was the first and longest-running prison to date in Hong Kong. It is located on Old Bailey Street in Central , Hong Kong Island . Named in honour of Queen Victoria , it was originally known as Victoria Gaol and was renamed into Victoria Prison in 1899. [ 1 ]
Lo Wu Correctional Institution (Chinese: 羅湖懲教所) is a medium-security prison in Lo Wu, New Territories, Hong Kong which houses adult women prisoners and remands. It is the largest women's prison in Hong Kong.
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Shek Pik Prison (Chinese: 石壁監獄) is a prison in Hong Kong, located at 47 Shek Pik Reservoir Road, Shek Pik, Lantau Island. It was built in 1984, and is managed by the Hong Kong Correctional Services. The prison is used to contain prisoners with medium to long sentences, as well as those sentenced to life imprisonment. [1] [2]