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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1937
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Hong Kong Correctional ServicesPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1937
Region
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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
Tsang Tak-sing1949 · justice of the peaceTsang Tak Sing (Chinese: æ¾å¾·æ; born 1949, Canton, China) is the former Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong.
- Lam Kor-wan1955 · serial killer
Lam Kor-wan (Chinese: æéé²; Jyutping: lam4 gwo3 wan4; born 22 May 1955) is one of Hong Kong's most notorious serial killers.
Thomas Kwok1951 · entrepreneurThomas Kwok Ping-kwong (Chinese: éç³æ±; pinyin: GuÅ BÇngjiÄng; Cantonese Yale: Gwok BÃnggÅng; born October 6, 1951) is a Hong Kong billionaire, and the former joint chairman and managing director (with his brother Raymond Kwok) of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong.
Lew Mon-hung1948 · politicianLew Mon-hung (Chinese: å夢ç; born 11 December 1948), nicknamed "Dream Bear" based on his Chinese name, is a pro-Beijing Hong Kong businessman, formerly deputy chairman and executive director of Pearl Oriental Oil Limited.
- Chak Nuen-fai1919–2013 · writer
Donald Tsang1944 · politician- Yip Kai-foon1961–2017 · robber
Yip Kai-foon (Chinese: èç¹¼æ¡; 12 June 1961 â 19 April 2017), also known as "Teeth Dog" and "Goosehead", was an infamous Chinese criminal who was most active in Hong Kong from the early 1980s to 1990s.
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). .
- Luk Tak-shing1947 · trade unionist
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Data completeness
32%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q986106)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Stanley Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stanley-prison
Chicago
"Stanley Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stanley-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-stanley-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Stanley Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stanley-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}