Legends and Legacy:
Light before daybreak – Lai Chi Kok Prison
| 日期及時間：
13th July, 2024(Saturday) 15:00 – 17:00 直播連結： https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82651082264? |
費用:
Free 110 seats; first come, first served. The event will be carried out simultaneously at the physical venue |
| Abstract | Hong Kong’s prison system, established as early as in 1841, has been infamously remembered for its inhumane conditions, which were often overcrowded, unsanitary and cruel. It was not until a commission inquiry in 1920 that the Hong Kong Government confronted with demands for humane conditions in the prison system. In the same year, Lai Chi Kok Prison became the first branch of Victoria Prison, which partially addressed the problem of overcrowding and also instilled the beginning of an institutionalized procedure for the handling prisoners’ complaints by Chinese Justices of the Peace. This lecture outlines some interesting historical fragments from the early prison and penal system in Hong Kong, illustrated and complemented by real experiences from Correctional Services officials previously stationed at the Lai Chi Kok Prison. |
| Speaker | Dr Joyce So, Historian specializing in early HK History Mr Henry Ho, HK Police Museum adviser Mr CM Lau，Retired Principal Officer, Correctional Services Department Mr SO Lee， Retired Assistant Officer I, Correctional |
