Country | Hong Kong (China) |
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Ministry responsible |
Administrative Region Government
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Prison administration |
Correctional Services Department
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Contact address |
24th Floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
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Telephone |
+852 2511 3511
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Fax |
+852 2802 0184
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Website | |
Head of prison administration (and title) | WONG Kwok-hing
Commissioner of Correctional Services
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Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 9 079
at 31.12.2023 (national prison administration)
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Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 121
based on an estimated national population of 7.50 million at end of December 2023 (from Hong Kong Statistics figures)
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Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 37.5%
(mid-2023)
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Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 21.0%
(mid-2023)
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Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 4.0%
(2019 - under 21)
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Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 27.1%
(mid-2021 - including residents from the mainland, Macao and Taiwan)
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Number of establishments / institutions | 24
(2021)
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Official capacity of prison system | Circa
11 220
(2018)
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Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | Circa
74.0%
(2018)
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Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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- Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
- Female prison population: trend
- Prison population trend up to 2000
Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
HONG KONG (CHINA)
Year | Number in | Percentage | Pre-trial/remand |
2000 | 1,252 | 10.4% | 19 |
2023 | 3,133 | 37.5% | 42 |
It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
Female prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
HONG KONG (CHINA)
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2000 | 1,321 | 11.8% | 19.8 |
2023 | 1,752 | 21.0% | 23.2 |
The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column).
Prison population trend up to 2000
The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot of the Overview page and in the graphs below.
HONG KONG (CHINA)
Year |
Prison |
Prison population rate |
1920 |
755 |
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