Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Lai Chi Kok Correctional Institution

Status

Last documented use

2009

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Correctional Services

Management: Correctional Services (Governmental)

Detains: Adult women, Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
600
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Hong Kong (China)

21,714

Immigration detainees (2018)

2

Number of detention centres (2014)

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information
3 Butterfly Valley Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Center status

Status Last documented use

2009
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2009
Operating period

Year of Entry 2006

Year Ceased

National typology

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Correctional Services

Type Governmental

2009
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2009
Demographics

Name Adult women

2009
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2009
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 600

2008
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Armed guards
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Legal segregation
Family segregation
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Family access
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BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

Custodial authority

Agency Correctional Services

Ministry Security Bureau

Ministry Typology Internal or Public Security

2009
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