Hong Kong Correctional Museum

Located on Tung Tau Wan Road, Stanley, Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Correctional museum displays the evolution of Hong Kong's correctional system over the past 160 years. It has developed from a deterrent effect of severe punishment to a purpose of helping prisoners to start a new life.

Hong Kong Correctional Museum

The Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum is a museum of the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department. It is located in Stanley, Southern District of Hong Kong Island, adjacent to the Correctional Services Department staff training institute. It was officially opened at the end of 2002. The Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum was closed for renovation on 21 September 2009 and reopened on 29 January 2010.

The two-story correctional Museum of Hong Kong covers an area of 480 square meters. It has 10 exhibition rooms, 2 simulated cells and a simulated gallows. There are more than 600 exhibits in the museum and a simulated prison watchtower on the top. In addition, the museum has a sub exhibition hall to introduce the correctional and rehabilitation program, and display the handicrafts of prisoners.

Located in the staff training institute of the Correctional Services Department, the museum has nine exhibition rooms, displaying more than 600 cultural relics related to correctional services in Hong Kong.

Development history

The Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum is a museum of the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department. It is located in Stanley, Southern District of Hong Kong Island, adjacent to the Correctional Services Department staff training institute. It was officially opened at the end of 2002. The Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum was closed for renovation on 21 September 2009 and reopened on 29 January 2010.

essential information

Penalty and imprisonment

Prison history and development

Prison history and development

Inside the prison

Staff uniform, badge and equipment

Vietnamese boat people

Homemade weapons and contraband

Staff tips

Industrial and vocational training section

Overseas cooperation and exchange

architectural composition

Located on Tung Tau Wan Road, Stanley, Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Correctional museum displays the evolution of Hong Kong's correctional system over the past 160 years. It has developed from a deterrent effect of severe punishment to a purpose of helping prisoners to start a new life.

Located in the staff training college of the Correctional Services Department, the museum has nine exhibition rooms, displaying more than 600 pieces of cultural relics related to correctional services in Hong Kong, including a simulated gallows and two simulated cells. The roof is also equipped with a simulated prison watchtower, recording the history and evolution of Hong Kong's correctional system, punishment, as well as the uniforms and badges of correctional personnel.

The museum also displays the lives of Vietnamese boat people, self-made weapons and other valuable materials. After the visit, you can also buy some souvenirs at the gift shop. After the visit, you can also buy some souvenirs at the gift shop.

The Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum consists of three buildings: the main museum, the attached Museum and the community service center. It displays more than 600 collections and a large number of historical pictures. It shows the implementation of penalty and prison management in Hong Kong in different historical periods. The main building is two stories high and is divided into nine exhibition rooms. Among the exhibits, the most chilling one is exhibition room 1.

In this exhibition room, various kinds of instruments of torture, including early flogging and cane, used by the Hong Kong Security Department during the 100 years of British rule are placed. There are two types of flogging platforms, one for adults and the other for "Prisoners" under the age of 16. Cane is also divided into two types: thick and thin. The diameter of thick cane is 1.5cm, and the diameter of thin cane is 1cm. Whether to use thick cane or thin cane depends on the severity of the offender. For each execution, adults can play 18 vines at most, and teenagers can play 12 vines at most. If the "prisoner" can not support fainting, the doctors on the scene will observe whether the "prisoner" is suitable to continue the execution. If the injury is too serious, the "prisoner" will not be punished for the time being, but it is not the end of the punishment. Instead, the unfinished punishment will be left until the next punishment. Because the cane beating seemed so cruel, the flogging was abolished in 1900.

In this exhibition room, there is also a kind of torture tool called crankshaft, which was used since 1900. It's a 120 pound winch, and when a prisoner breaks the rules, he'll be forced to turn the winch until he's exhausted. This kind of punishment means that the "prisoner" is too tired to have another "trouble". Of course, when to stop is carried out according to the "judgment". Just like the above-mentioned flogging, if the "offender" faints before pushing off the "judgment" times, the remaining times will be pushed off in the next execution. According to records, a "prisoner" was sentenced to push the crankshaft 12500 times. There is also a Nine Tailed whip with a history of more than 100 years, which was introduced by Britain. The special feature of the whip is that the tail of the whip is divided into nine parts. One stroke is equal to nine strokes. It is said that this kind of whip can crack the skin of "prisoners" with one stroke.

In exhibition room No. 4, there are two mock cells. One is a mock cell of Victoria Prison in Hong Kong before World War II, with only one bed, one table and one toilet. In addition to a mattress bed and an automatic flush toilet, the other is a modern independent cell that simulates the use of prisons in Hong Kong. It also has sanitary appliances, radios, pajamas and books.

In the early years of the British rule in Hong Kong, the death penalty was also carried out in Hong Kong, all of which were hanging. There have been only two gallows in Hong Kong, but 122 "death penalty offenders" have been executed. The gallows on display this time can be said to be a "trump card" exhibit in the museum. The death penalty in Hong Kong was not officially abolished until 1993, but it has not been carried out since 1966. The two gallows have been placed in Stanley Prison until the museum was launched.

In the 1970s and 1980s, tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees poured into Hong Kong. Because they had no source of livelihood, they embarked on the road of crime, and many of them were finally sentenced. In exhibition room 6, the "infinite creativity" of these refugee prisoners can be found. They can dig out their shoes to collect cigarettes and cards, use plastic water bottles and peat powder to make gas masks (Vietnamese refugees often riot in refugee camps, and Hong Kong police use tear gas when they go to suppress), use soda cans to make rice wine, and cut the bottom of buckets to make musical instruments. These "ideas" are an eye opener for visitors.

The Correctional Services Museum, formerly known as the married staff dormitory of the Correctional Services Department, was rebuilt in January 2014 and completed as a museum in October. Officials of the Correctional Services Department said that the purpose of setting up the museum is to introduce the Correctional Services Department to the people of Hong Kong and serve as a bridge for the Department to communicate with the outside world. The Department also plans to cooperate with the tourism development board to turn the museum into a tourist attraction.

Collection

Located in the staff training institute of the Correctional Services Department, the museum has nine exhibition rooms, displaying more than 600 cultural relics related to correctional services in Hong Kong.

Address: Tung Tau Wan Road, Hong Kong Island South

Longitude: 114.218019

Latitude: 22.216271

Tel: 852-21473199

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