Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre () is a prison in

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. It is operated by the

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and is one of the largest prisons in the territory.

History

The Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre was built to relieve overcrowding at the Victoria Remand Centre. Site formation work began in 1974. On 21 November 1977, the HK$32-million prison was handed over from the Public Works Department to the Prisons Department (renamed

in 1982). It began operating in December 1977. In September 1997, Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre had a certified capacity of 960 but was overcrowded, housing a population of 1,293 at that time. Secretary for Security

Ambrose Lee Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong (; 17 August 1948 – 14 August 2022) was a Hong Kong politician, Secretary for Security of Hong Kong and a member of the Executive Council. He was appointed to his post on 5 August 2003, replacing Regina Ip. Backgro ...

formally opened the Lai Chi Kok Correctional Institution, located adjacent to Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre, on 20 July 2006. The medium-security facility had a capacity of 650 places for adult women prisoners. It closed in August 2010 after the inmates were relocated to the redeveloped

Lo Wu Correctional Institution Lo Wu Correctional Institution () is a medium-security prison in Lo Wu, New Territories, Hong Kong which houses adult women prisoners and remands. It is the largest women's prison in Hong Kong. History The site of the prison was formerly a Britis ...

, and in 2011 it was merged into Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre to alleviate overcrowding, increasing the prison's capacity from 1,084 to 1,484.

Description

The prison has a capacity of 1,484. It houses male adult remand prisoners and male detainees of other categories.

Access

The prison is a 300-metre walk from Exit C of

Lai Chi Kok station Lai Chi Kok () is a rapid transit station on the of the Hong Kong MTR system, between and stations. It was opened on 17 May 1982. The station is in an orange-red colour, and is a simple through station with an island platform. Platform ...

of the

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(MTR). It is also served by numerous bus routes plying

Cheung Sha Wan Road Cheung Sha Wan Road () is a main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong going in a south-north direction from Mong Kok in the south to Lai Chi Kok in the north. Description It starts in Mong Kok near Boundary Street and at the northern terminus of ...

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