Stanley Prison

City Digest, February 18, 2013

18 Feb 2013

About 30 Civil Human Rights Front members protested outside Stanley Prison yesterday in support of activist Koo Sze-yiu, who was jailed this month for nine months for desecrating Chinese and Hong...

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Inmates put spare time to earning degrees

10 Jan 2013

After 11 years of studying, Stanley Prison inmate Wah Wah, 37, has received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Open University.

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Stanley: It was tough for the colonial convicts

14 Dec 2012

The room went silent as the cane came down with a sharp crack on a hard wooden surface. That's what used to happen to prisoners in Hong Kong's jails, said a museum guide to a fascinated group of...

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Characters who have spent time in Stanley prison

14 Dec 2012

Out on a bluff just 20 minutes' walk from the tourist hordes of Stanley Market, sits Stanley Prison - home to some of the city's most colourful criminals.

The Gangster: Yip Kai-foon "Teeth...

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Prisoners cook meals for Charity Canteen at Stanley fair

4 Nov 2012

Innocent members of the public were given a taste of prison life yesterday.

They were marched into the "Charity Canteen" at the Correctional Services Department's celebration fair at...

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Inmate at Stanley Prison hangs himself

17 Oct 2012

An inmate yesterday hanged himself in Stanley Prison, where administrators had been warned by a coroner's court to install windows without bars after a spate of suicides.

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Master of None

Master of None
by John Hung
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Former Wheelock managing director John Terence Hung may not be the last voting member of the Jockey Club to be jailed for...

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Suicides expose failings in Stanley Prison

The negligence of prison officers and red tape prevented the timely delivery of medical aid to inmates who hanged themselves in Stanley Prison, an inquest found.

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Inmate at Stanley Prison dies of ill health

Updated at 6.23pm:
A prisoner with chronic illnesses died on Wednesday following a sudden deterioration in his health, the Correctional Services Department said.

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INMATE FOUND HANGING IN STANLEY CELL

A mainland inmate died after being found hanging from the window grille of his cell by a bedsheet in Stanley Prison. Tsui Kwong-lung, 22, lost consciousness as he was put into an ambulance at...

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Life behind bars

HONG KONG'S most gruesome museum opened in Stanley last week. The Correctional Services Museum is not for the faint-hearted. Be prepared for headless bodies and barbaric instruments of punishment...

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