Remand, new prison admission numbers rise in 2024

[RTHK] - 02/20/2025

The average daily number of people in remand reached its highest in more than two decades while the number of new admissions to correctional institutions last year also rose, prison authorities said on Thursday. New prison admissions overall stood at 18,438 last year, up seven percent from the (…)



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