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Custody category: all institutions

This page shows the number of people in custody in facilities managed by the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department, including prisons. People on remand are innocent until proven guilty and are awaiting trial. Detainees are held under the Immigration Ordinance. Figures are annual from 31-Dec-2000 and quarterly from 30-Sep-2020 and will be updated when published online by CSD - we check daily. The breakdown of prisoners by place of origin is only available from 2016 onwards, as a sum across all institutions.

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This chart shows the relative share of people convicted, on remand and detainees in all institutions:

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This chart shows the relative share of people in all institutions

People in all institutions

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Date	Convict	Remand	Detain	Total	Convict %	Remand %	Detain %
2023-12-31	5,403	3,375	301	9,079	59.51	37.17	3.32
2023-09-30	5,301	3,304	274	8,879	59.70	37.21	3.09
2023-06-30	5,213	3,133	159	8,505	61.29	36.84	1.87
2023-03-31	5,187	2,907	103	8,197	63.28	35.46	1.26
2022-12-31	4,851	2,786	114	7,751	62.59	35.94	1.47
2022-09-30	4,885	2,751	132	7,768	62.89	35.41	1.70
2022-06-30	4,731	2,701	124	7,556	62.61	35.75	1.64
2022-03-31	4,550	2,552	103	7,205	63.15	35.42	1.43
2021-12-31	5,307	2,462	98	7,867	67.46	31.30	1.25
2021-09-30	5,465	2,303	72	7,840	69.71	29.38	0.92
2021-06-30	5,319	2,302	67	7,688	69.19	29.94	0.87
2021-03-31	5,167	2,279	0	7,446	69.39	30.61	0.00
2020-12-31	4,919	2,166	22	7,107	69.21	30.48	0.31
2020-09-30	4,901	2,056	1	6,958	70.44	29.55	0.01
2019-12-31	5,424	1,599	0	7,023	77.23	22.77	0.00
2018-12-31	6,135	2,044	2	8,181	74.99	24.98	0.02
2017-12-31	6,728	1,695	0	8,423	79.88	20.12	0.00
2016-12-31	6,898	1,713	0	8,611	80.11	19.89	0.00
2015-12-31	6,856	1,582	0	8,438	81.25	18.75	0.00
2014-12-31	6,885	1,412	0	8,297	82.98	17.02	0.00
2013-12-31	7,507	1,532	0	9,039	83.05	16.95	0.00
2012-12-31	7,738	1,559	0	9,297	83.23	16.77	0.00
2011-12-31	7,761	1,306	0	9,067	85.60	14.40	0.00
2010-12-31	8,622	1,365	1	9,988	86.32	13.67	0.01
2009-12-31	8,425	1,455	2	9,882	85.26	14.72	0.02
2008-12-31	8,978	1,510	3	10,491	85.58	14.39	0.03
2007-12-31	9,426	1,519	1	10,946	86.11	13.88	0.01
2006-12-31	10,112	1,252	0	11,364	88.98	11.02	0.00
2005-12-31	10,125	1,186	0	11,311	89.51	10.49	0.00
2004-12-31	10,955	1,604	146	12,705	86.23	12.62	1.15
2003-12-31	11,405	1,452	155	13,012	87.65	11.16	1.19
2002-12-31	11,390	1,174	180	12,744	89.38	9.21	1.41
2001-12-31	10,651	1,169	234	12,054	88.36	9.70	1.94
2000-12-31	10,584	1,252	181	12,017	88.08	10.42	1.51

People in all institutions

Date	HK res.	CN/TW /MO	Other	Total	HK res. %	CN/TW /MO%	Other %
2022-06-30	5,678	562	1,316	7,556	75.15	7.44	17.42
2022-03-31	5,362	590	1,253	7,205	74.42	8.19	17.39
2021-12-31	5,743	748	1,376	7,867	73.00	9.51	17.49
2021-09-30	5,710	780	1,350	7,840	72.83	9.95	17.22
2021-06-30	5,552	811	1,325	7,688	72.22	10.55	17.23
2021-03-31	5,337	803	1,306	7,446	71.68	10.78	17.54
2020-12-31	5,084	740	1,283	7,107	71.54	10.41	18.05
2020-09-30	5,021	664	1,273	6,958	72.16	9.54	18.30
2019-12-31	4,736	910	1,377	7,023	67.44	12.96	19.61
2018-12-31	5,484	1,044	1,653	8,181	67.03	12.76	20.21
2017-12-31	5,663	1,026	1,734	8,423	67.23	12.18	20.59
2016-12-31	5,958	927	1,726	8,611	69.19	10.77	20.04

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