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Lo Wu Correctional Institution

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    Photo by SSTF Zhang's Zhen 201108 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • HK 香港北區North District 本地遊 行山 Hiking 大石磨 Tai Shek Mo hill mountain November 2020 SS2 22.jpg

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  • HK 香港北區North District 本地遊 行山 Hiking 大石磨 Tai Shek Mo hill mountain November 2020 SS2 29.jpg

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Background

Lo Wu Correctional Institution (Chinese: 羅湖懲教所) is a medium-security prison in Lo Wu, New Territories, Hong Kong housing adult women prisoners and remands. It is the largest women's prison in Hong Kong.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Hong Kong Correctional Services

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

Region

Security level

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.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

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Data completeness

20%

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