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Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre
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Background
Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre (Chinese: èæè§æ¶æ¼æ) is a prison in Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is operated by the Correctional Services Department and is one of the largest prisons in the territory.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1977
Closed 2010
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Hong Kong Correctional ServicesPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1977
Region
Sham Shui Po District
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Mat Yeung1981 · actorMat Yeung Ming (born 27 February 1981) is a Hong Kong television actor and host known for his roles as Lui Ting in Screen Play (2000), as Wan Po-yu in The 'W' Files (2003), as Tin Hoi in Be Home for Dinner (2011), and as Senior Inspector Jasper Kong in Master of Play (2012). .
- Iat Hong1990
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
3-5 è´è¶è°·é Butterfly Valley Road
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
34%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q16922992)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lai-chi-kok-reception-centre
Chicago
"Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lai-chi-kok-reception-centre.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-lai-chi-kok-reception-centr,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lai-chi-kok-reception-centre},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}