Detainees at TGCI as at August 2021

Preston Cheung made this Freedom of Information request to Correctional Services Department

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Dear Correctional Services Department,

I would appreciate if you could provide the number of detainees at the Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution (TGCI) as at 31 August 2021 (or any other date that is convenient to you for the purpose of collating relevant information under this request), disaggregated by:

(1) Detainees’ age (under 18, 18 – 30, 31- 40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80, Above 80 or other categories as appropriate)
(2) Detainees’ sex (male, female, transgender)
(3) Detainees’ nationality (please provide a breakdown of all nationalities)
(4) Detainees’ immigration status (non-refoulement claimants (“NFCs”) within the USM, former NFCs with ongoing judicial review applications, former NFCs pending removal, illegal entrants (excluding NFCs), overstayers (excluding NFCs), persons refused entry (excluding NFCs), former foreign national prisoners pending removal and other categories as appropriate)

Thank you very much for your assistance on this.

Kind Regards,
Preston Cheung

email CSD, Correctional Services Department

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Dear Sir/ Madam,

Our department has received your application for access to information on
15.9.2021.  Your application is now under processing.  According to
paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, our department will
inform you of the latest progress of the case separately on or before
5.10.2021.  In the meantime, please contact Offr(PO)1 CHAN, Yu-hin via
2582 5192 if you have any enquiry.

Correctional Services Department
HKSAR
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From:        "Preston Cheung" <[FOI #731 email]>
To:        "FOI requests at Correctional Services Department"
<[Correctional Services Department request email]>
Date:        15.09.2021 04:20
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Detainees at TGCI as at
August 2021

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Dear Correctional Services Department,

I would appreciate if you could provide the number of detainees at the Tai
Tam Gap Correctional Institution (TGCI) as at 31 August 2021 (or any other
date that is convenient to you for the purpose of collating relevant
information under this request), disaggregated by:

(1) Detainees’ age (under 18, 18 – 30, 31- 40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80,
Above 80 or other categories as appropriate)

(2) Detainees’ sex (male, female, transgender)

(3) Detainees’ nationality (please provide a breakdown of all
nationalities)

(4) Detainees’ immigration status (non-refoulement claimants (“NFCs”)
within the USM, former NFCs with ongoing judicial review applications,
former NFCs pending removal, illegal entrants (excluding NFCs),
overstayers (excluding NFCs), persons refused entry (excluding NFCs),
former foreign national prisoners pending removal and other categories as
appropriate)

Thank you very much for your assistance on this.

Kind Regards,

Preston Cheung

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Dear Sir/ Madam,

I refer to your application for access to information and our interim
reply to you on 24.9.2021.  Please be informed that we are still handling
your request due to the requirement of extensive research on our database.
 According to paragraph 1.18 of the Code on Access to Information, our
department will inform you of the latest progress of the case separately
on or before 4.11.2021.  In the meantime, please contact Officer CHAN
Yu-hin at 2582 5192 if you have any enquiry.

Correctional Services Department
HKSAR
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From:        email CSD/CSD/HKSARG
To:        "Preston Cheung" <[FOI #731 email]>
Date:        24.09.2021 14:40
Subject:        Re: Freedom of Information request - Detainees at TGCI as
at August 2021

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Dear Correctional Services Department,

I would appreciate if you could provide the number of detainees at the Tai
Tam Gap Correctional Institution (TGCI) as at 31 August 2021 (or any other
date that is convenient to you for the purpose of collating relevant
information under this request), disaggregated by:

(1) Detainees’ age (under 18, 18 – 30, 31- 40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80,
Above 80 or other categories as appropriate)

(2) Detainees’ sex (male, female, transgender)

(3) Detainees’ nationality (please provide a breakdown of all
nationalities)

(4) Detainees’ immigration status (non-refoulement claimants (“NFCs”)
within the USM, former NFCs with ongoing judicial review applications,
former NFCs pending removal, illegal entrants (excluding NFCs),
overstayers (excluding NFCs), persons refused entry (excluding NFCs),
former foreign national prisoners pending removal and other categories as
appropriate)

Thank you very much for your assistance on this.

Kind Regards,

Preston Cheung

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Dear Preston Cheung,
I refer to your application for access to information under the Code on
Access to Information ("the Code") to this Department on 15.9.2021 and our
interim replies to you on 24.9.2021 and 5.10.2021.

The relevant statistical figures are tabulated as below:-

The latest statistical figures of the number of detainees at Tai Tam Gap
Correctional Institution (“TGCI”) can be accessed via the CSD website as
below:

[1]https://www.csd.gov.hk/english/statistic...

You may wish to know that TGCI accommodates male adult detainees.

Besides, the following statistical figures could not be provided in
accordance with paragraph 1.14 and 2.9(d) of the Code:

*         The number of detainees at TGCI as at 31 August 2021 by age;
*         The number of detainees at TGCI as at 31 August 2021 by
nationality; and
*         The number of detainees at TGCI as at 31 August 2021 by
immigration status.

You may also wish to note that, pursuant to paragraph 1.25 of the Code,
any person who believes that a department has failed to comply with any
provision of the Code may ask the department to review the situation.
 Furthermore, pursuant to paragraph 1.26 of the Code, any person who
believes that a department has failed to properly apply any provision of
the Code may also complain to The Ombudsman.  The Ombudsman’s address is –
 
30/F, China Merchants Tower,
Shun Tak Centre,
168-200 Connaught Road Central,
Hong Kong
Telephone: 2629 0555
Fax: 2882 8149

Correctional Services Department
HKSAR
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From:        email CSD/CSD/HKSARG
To:        "Preston Cheung" <[FOI #731 email]>
Date:        05.10.2021 15:11
Subject:        Re: Freedom of Information request - Detainees at TGCI as
at August 2021

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Dear Sir/ Madam,

Our department has received your application for access to information on
15.9.2021.  Your application is now under processing.  According to
paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, our department will
inform you of the latest progress of the case separately on or before
5.10.2021.  In the meantime, please contact Offr(PO)1 CHAN, Yu-hin via
2582 5192 if you have any enquiry.

Correctional Services Department
HKSAR
[6]total_caring_c                      
[7]https://csdportal.csd.hksarg/images/cari...
Important Note
“This official document is for the use by the intended recipient only. Any
unauthorized use, retention, disclosure, copying, printing, forwarding or
dissemination of this official document is strictly prohibited and may
lead to civil or criminal liabilities. If you are not the intended
recipient of this official document, you are required to promptly restore
this official document to the sender and destroy any copies of this
official document. Please notify the sender immediately if you have
received this official document in error.”
 

From:        "Preston Cheung" <[FOI #731 email]>
To:        "FOI requests at Correctional Services Department"
<[Correctional Services Department request email]>
Date:        15.09.2021 04:20
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Detainees at TGCI as at
August 2021

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Dear Correctional Services Department,

I would appreciate if you could provide the number of detainees at the Tai
Tam Gap Correctional Institution (TGCI) as at 31 August 2021 (or any other
date that is convenient to you for the purpose of collating relevant
information under this request), disaggregated by:

(1) Detainees’ age (under 18, 18 – 30, 31- 40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80,
Above 80 or other categories as appropriate)

(2) Detainees’ sex (male, female, transgender)

(3) Detainees’ nationality (please provide a breakdown of all
nationalities)

(4) Detainees’ immigration status (non-refoulement claimants (“NFCs”)
within the USM, former NFCs with ongoing judicial review applications,
former NFCs pending removal, illegal entrants (excluding NFCs),
overstayers (excluding NFCs), persons refused entry (excluding NFCs),
former foreign national prisoners pending removal and other categories as
appropriate)

Thank you very much for your assistance on this.

Kind Regards,

Preston Cheung

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