Statistics
Year 1981 1986 1991 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
No. 86 100 143 144 136.90 128.10 134.20 131.80
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
No. 139 144.40 145.40 149.20 137.40 130.70 122.60 112.60
Year 2009 2010 2011 2012
No. 107.80 104.20 99.90 93.90

Operational Definitions

The average daily number of prisoners per 100,000 population (including detainees awaiting repatriation), based on mid-year estimate of population.

Footnote

All figures are collected from Correctional Services Department since 1981.
Figures refer to mid-year population. Whereas the figures for 2003 and 2004 are revised based on the revised HK Population figures released by CSD in Feb2007.
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