Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Correctional Services Department [3] (CSD) is responsible for the management of prisoners and prisons in Hong Kong. The Commissioner of Correctional Services reports to the Secretary for Security .
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 addition to correctional facilities, the Hong Kong Department of Correctional Services also operates three halfway houses, and two blocks for prisoners in public hospitals which provide services to a population of 9,200 people. The average daily population of the three houses in 2013 was 33 people (2009–53 people, 2004 - 47 people).
In Hong Kong, the Disciplined Services [1] consist of ICAC, Police Force, Fire Services, Correctional Services, Customs, Immigration, and Government Flying Service. [ 2 ] The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) reports directly to the Chief Executive . [ 3 ]
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. It has an area of 480 square metres with a collection of some 600 artefacts.
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]
The Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre was built to relieve overcrowding at the Victoria Remand Centre. Site formation work began in 1974. [1] [2]On 21 November 1977, the HK$32-million prison was handed over from the Public Works Department to the Prisons Department (renamed Correctional Services Department in 1982). [3]
The Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum (Chinese: 香港懲教博物館) is a museum in Tung Tau Wan Road, Stanley, Hong Kong. It was originally housed in the Staff Training Institute of the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department.