17 Dec 2025追光者#7704
Amnesty International report: Prisoners subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment; authorities urged to urgently investigate Hong Kong correctional facilities
國際特赦組織今（17日）發表最新研究，訪問9名在2016年至2023年間入獄的人士，在獄中遭受身體暴力、長期單獨囚禁、惡劣的衛生條件，以及夏季的高溫環境。報告更揭示懲教人員要求在囚人士簽署文件，「自願」要求單獨囚禁，有釋囚更透露懲教「會把你鎖在房間，直到你同意簽字為止」。
其中一名受訪者是社運人士、「香港獨立倡議委員會」創辦人鍾翰林，他在2020年10月至2022年4月期間，還押於壁屋懲教所，指出懲教人員對在囚人士施暴是司空見慣，當懲教人員對某囚犯不滿時，會將對方帶到閉路電視拍不到的地方，「然後我就會聽到該名囚犯的尖叫聲，以及『打雞翼』的聲音」。「打雞翼」是形容懲教人員用手肘打在囚人士肩胛骨的體罰方式，旨在避免在身上留下明顯傷痕。
而另一名因涉及社會運動於2016年被監禁的Peter（化名）表示，曾因不懂獄中規矩而被掌摑8次，他指懲教人員往往利用體罰宣示權威，並在青少年懲教設施中製造恐懼。「有一次，我被要求背誦監獄守則，然後突然被命令要倒背。每錯一個字，我的腳板底就會被打一下。最後，我的腳板都變成了紫色」。
Amnesty International released its latest research today (17th), based on interviews with nine people who were imprisoned between 2016 and 2023. They reported being subjected in prison to physical violence, prolonged solitary confinement, poor sanitary conditions and high temperatures during the summer. The report also revealed that correctional officers required prisoners to sign documents requesting solitary confinement “voluntarily”. One former prisoner said correctional staff “would lock you in a room until you agreed to sign”.
One interviewee was social activist Chung Hon-lam, founder of the Hong Kong Independence Advocacy Commission. He was remanded at Pik Uk Correctional Institution from October 2020 to April 2022. He said violence by correctional officers against prisoners was commonplace. When officers were dissatisfied with a prisoner, they would take the person to a place not covered by closed-circuit television, “and then I would hear that prisoner screaming, as well as the sound of ‘hitting chicken wings’”. “Hitting chicken wings” refers to a form of corporal punishment in which correctional officers use their elbows to strike a prisoner’s shoulder blades, intended to avoid leaving obvious marks on the body.
Another person, identified by the pseudonym Peter, who was imprisoned in 2016 in connection with a social movement, said he was slapped eight times because he did not understand the prison rules. He said correctional officers often used corporal punishment to assert authority and create fear in youth correctional facilities. “On one occasion, I was asked to memorise the prison rules, and then was suddenly ordered to recite them backwards. For every wrong word, the soles of my feet were struck once. In the end, the soles of my feet had turned purple.”
4 Dec 2025Yahoo#7631
Jimmy Lai’s children: Father’s health deteriorating in prison, with weight loss, rotten teeth and nails falling off; Hong Kong government criticises AFP for distorting facts
被控串謀勾結外國勢力的壹傳媒創辦人黎智英，其子女近日接受外媒訪問，透露黎智英近日健康狀況進一步轉差，體重急劇下降、牙齒腐爛，而且指甲變綠後脫落。
黎智英下周將度過78歲生日。據法新社報道，黎智英子女表示，患有糖尿病的父親一直被單獨囚禁，監獄裡沒有空調，夏季氣溫高達 44 度。女兒黎采指，黎智英明顯消瘦，而且比以前虛弱，「他的指甲在脫落前會變成紫色、灰色、綠色，牙齒也開始腐爛」。
The children of Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital who has been charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, recently told foreign media that their father’s health had deteriorated further, with his weight falling sharply, his teeth rotting and his nails turning green before falling off.
Jimmy Lai will turn 78 next week. According to Agence France-Presse, Lai’s children said their father, who has diabetes, had been held in solitary confinement and that there was no air conditioning in the prison, where summer temperatures reached as high as 44 degrees. His daughter, Lai Choi, said Lai had become noticeably thinner and weaker than before: “His nails turn purple, grey and green before they fall off, and his teeth have also started to rot.”
23 Nov 2025明報#7572
Online Booking Trial for Video Prison Visits Starts at Four Lantau Facilities
懲教署開展「視像探訪電子預約服務試行計劃」，現時若親友因年長、懷孕、傷殘或其他特殊原因而不便前往院所，可獲院所安排到市區的探訪中心視像探訪，須事前申請。適用於大嶼山區4個懲教設施，包括石壁監獄、塘福懲教所、沙嘴懲教所及勵志更生中心，而供探訪者前赴的視像探訪地點增至6個。懲教署稱，檢討試行情况後，視像探訪電子預約服務會逐步擴展至其他區域懲教設施。
The Correctional Services Department has launched a pilot scheme for an electronic booking service for video visits. Relatives and friends who are elderly, pregnant, disabled or otherwise unable to travel to an institution may currently have the institution arrange a video visit at a visitation centre in an urban area, subject to prior application. The scheme applies to four correctional facilities in the Lantau area: Shek Pik Prison, Tong Fuk Correctional Institution, Sha Tsui Correctional Institution and Lai Chi Rehabilitation Centre. The number of video visitation venues available for visitors to attend has increased to six. The department said the electronic booking service for video visits would gradually be extended to correctional facilities in other districts after the pilot scheme was reviewed.
17 Nov 2025追光者#7539
Legislative Council election | Prisoners allegedly asked to promote voting when writing to relatives and friends; Correctional Services strongly condemns false smears
近日社交媒體流傳帖文，指香港懲教署要求在囚人士在寫信及探訪時段，呼籲親友在立法會選舉中投票。在囚者家屬阿D（化名）向《追光者》確認，的確有在囚人士在信中被要求加上宣傳對方去投票的語句。懲教署回覆本台查詢時譴責，相關指控是對署方的失實抹黑，雖然署方積極鼓勵在囚人士及其探訪者投票，但強調不會強迫任何人投票或宣傳投票。
上周末（15及16日）有至少兩個 Facebook 專頁發文，指有囚犯被要求在寫信及親友探訪時，呼籲外界在下月立法會換屆選舉中投票。阿D近期曾經前往監獄探望在囚親友，她向《追光者》指出，探訪室的桌上貼有立法會選舉的宣傳海報，「佢（囚犯）話啲職員已經開始要佢哋一定要投票，另外仲話有囚友寫信出去，都被要求加多句，叫收信嗰個投票」。
懲教署發言人回覆本台查詢，否認有關指控，並對有人在社交媒體發布針對懲教署及立法會換屆選舉的失實抹黑予以強烈譴責。發言人指署方積極鼓勵在囚人士及探訪者投票，但絕不會強迫任何人投票，或強迫任何人宣傳投票。
Posts circulating on social media in recent days alleged that the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department had asked inmates to urge relatives and friends to vote in the Legislative Council election when writing letters and during visits. A prisoner’s family member, A D (pseudonym), confirmed to Pulse HK that some inmates had indeed been asked to add wording to their letters encouraging the recipients to vote. Responding to enquiries from this outlet, the Correctional Services Department condemned the allegations as false smears against the department. It said that although it actively encouraged inmates and visitors to vote, it would not force anyone to vote or promote voting.
At least two Facebook pages posted last weekend (the 15th and 16th) that prisoners had been asked to urge people to vote in next month’s Legislative Council election when writing letters and during visits by relatives and friends. A D had recently visited an imprisoned relative and told Pulse HK that publicity posters for the Legislative Council election had been placed on tables in the visiting room. She said: “He said the staff had already started telling them that they must vote. They also said that some inmates who wrote letters had been asked to add a sentence telling the recipient to vote.”
A Correctional Services Department spokesperson, responding to enquiries from this outlet, denied the allegations and strongly condemned the publication on social media of false smears targeting the department and the Legislative Council election. The spokesperson said the department actively encouraged inmates and visitors to vote, but would never force anyone to vote or force anyone to promote voting.
12 Sept 2025Points media#7299
Correctional Services Department Rebuts CFHK Prison Report, Says Allegations Untrue and Hong Kong Has No Political Prisoners; Names Hui Wing-ting in Call for Sanctions
香港懲教署周四（11日）終回覆《棱角》，強烈反駁香港自由委員會基金會（Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong，CFHK） 周一（8日）發表的監獄狀況研究報告，指該報告內容毫無根據，純屬惡意抹黑，再次稱香港不存在「政治犯」，更點名 CFHK 政策和倡議專員許穎婷請求制裁懲教人員。
許穎婷向《棱角》再次強調，香港監獄系統存在嚴重違反人道的問題。
Hong Kong’s Correctional Services Department responded to The Points on Thursday (11th), strongly rejecting a prison conditions research report published by the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation (CFHK) on Monday (8th). It said the report was entirely baseless and purely malicious smearing, reiterated that Hong Kong has no “political prisoners”, and named Hui Wing-ting, CFHK’s policy and advocacy officer, in connection with a request for sanctions against correctional officers. Hui Wing-ting again told The Points that serious inhumane problems exist in Hong Kong’s prison system.
8 Sept 2025追新聞#7268
Rights lawyer and CFHK condemn Hong Kong prison system after fellow prisoner was beaten until bleeding and political prisoners were “brainwashed”
「突然，我聽到清晰可辨的拳打腳踢聲、掌摑聲，哀號聲接著傳來。我嚇呆了，整個人動彈不得，無權也無力介入。」2025年第80屆聯合國大會周二（9日）在紐約揭幕前夕，逆權律師Samuel Bickett周日（7日）投書美國《紐約郵報》回憶2022年2月他在香港服刑期間有囚友被人拉到「暗角」毒打的一幕。他有份撰寫的研究報告翌日出爐，指香港監獄存在制度迫害及政治操控：懲教署人員每日收集撰寫政治犯情報，多名前政治犯稱被迫單獨進食、接受政治灌輸課程，並須與心理學家面談，以評估是否「放棄政治立場」。報告指出，2024年香港監獄單獨囚禁個案高達879宗創3年新高，單獨囚禁時間通常亦遠超15日國際上限。報告建議民主國家政府按依《馬格尼茨基法案》追究香港官員責任。Samuel Bickett促請聯合國成員國把握聯合國大會召開時機公開譴責香港對待囚犯的做法，並呼籲人權事務高級專員和任意拘留問題工作組展開調查。
“Suddenly, I heard clearly distinguishable sounds of punching, kicking and slapping, followed by cries of anguish. I was petrified and completely unable to move, with neither the authority nor the ability to intervene.” Ahead of the opening of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday (9th), rights lawyer Samuel Bickett wrote in the US newspaper the New York Post on Sunday (7th), recalling an incident in February 2022 during his imprisonment in Hong Kong when a fellow prisoner was dragged into a “dark corner” and severely beaten. A research report he co-authored was released the following day, alleging systematic persecution and political manipulation in Hong Kong prisons. It said Correctional Services Department staff collected and compiled information on political prisoners every day, while several former political prisoners said they had been forced to eat alone, attend political indoctrination classes and meet psychologists to assess whether they had “renounced their political positions”. The report said Hong Kong recorded 879 cases of solitary confinement in 2024, a three-year high, and that solitary confinement usually lasted well beyond the international limit of 15 days. It recommended that democratic governments hold Hong Kong officials accountable under the Magnitsky Act. Samuel Bickett urged UN member states to use the UN General Assembly as an opportunity to publicly condemn Hong Kong’s treatment of prisoners, and called on the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to launch an investigation.
3 Sept 2025追新聞#7247
9.3 Beijing Parade | Correctional Services Department Arranges for Inmates to Watch Parade, “Enhancing National Pride and Patriotic Spirit”
北京周三（3日）舉行大規模閱兵儀式，慶祝抗日戰爭勝利80周年，香港特區政府總動員，由特首李家超到幾乎全體司局長都有親身出席。在香港，大批中小學生被校方安排收看閱兵直播，就連牆內的在囚人士亦不能倖免，懲教署要求各院所囚友收看閱兵儀式，令他們「進一步提升民族自豪感及愛國精神」。
Beijing held a large-scale parade on Wednesday (the 3rd) to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government mobilised across the board, with Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and almost all bureau secretaries and directors attending in person. In Hong Kong, large numbers of primary and secondary students were arranged by their schools to watch a live broadcast of the parade; even inmates behind prison walls were not spared. The Correctional Services Department required inmates in all institutions to watch the parade, enabling them to “further enhance their national pride and patriotic spirit”.
25 Jul 2025集誌社#7094
Prison rules | New declaration added to visit form; visitors must confirm visits are to help people reform, etc.; false statements may lead to prosecution
政府上周五（18日）以「先訂立後審議」的形式，將《2025年監獄（修訂）規則》刊憲生效，對探訪在囚人士等範疇，新增限制。條例生效後，懲教署近日更新了探訪申請表的內容，要求探訪人士聲明，明白探訪必須乎合懲教署列出的目的，包括探訪已定罪人士，目的是為幫助他改過自新等、探訪還押人士，目的是為他能與家庭或社會維持聯繫等。表格列明，若非為上述目的探訪，可能會被立即中止。
Last Friday (the 18th), the Government gazetted the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2025 and brought them into effect under the “make first, scrutinise later” procedure, introducing new restrictions in areas including visits to persons in custody. Following the rules’ commencement, the Correctional Services Department recently updated its visit application form, requiring visitors to declare that they understand visits must serve purposes listed by the department. These include visiting convicted persons to help them reform, among other purposes, and visiting remanded persons to help them maintain contact with their families or society. The form states that visits not made for the purposes above may be terminated immediately.
23 Jul 2025獨媒#7077
Correctional Services Department: No Restrictions or Conditions Imposed on Any Visits to Date
昨日（7月22日）有傳懲教署引用新例，禁止一名公眾人士探訪在囚人士。懲教署昨晚發稿指，該訪客不在相關在囚人士登記探訪名單上，故拒絕其探訪。署方亦指，自《2025年監獄（修訂）規則》上周五生效至今，從未引用《監獄規則》第48條禁止任何人士進行探訪，亦未曾就任何探訪施加限制或條件。
懲教署重申，根據既定機制，探訪者必須是在囚人士探訪名單上的申報訪客。
據了解，該名公眾人士本周一曾確認其名字在探訪名單之上，惟至昨日探訪時，卻獲告知不在名單上，成功探訪的同行者曾向該名在囚人士查詢，對方指未有刪除其名字，將向署方再作了解。
It was reported yesterday (22 July) that the Correctional Services Department had invoked new legislation to bar a member of the public from visiting an inmate. In a statement issued last night, the department said the visitor was not on the relevant inmate’s registered visitors list and was therefore refused entry. It also said that since the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2025 came into force last Friday, it had never invoked Rule 48 of the Prison Rules to prohibit anyone from making a visit, nor imposed any restrictions or conditions on any visit.
The department reiterated that, under the established mechanism, visitors must be declared visitors on an inmate’s visitors list.
It is understood that the member of the public confirmed on Monday this week that their name was on the visitors list, but was told yesterday when attempting to visit that it was not. A companion who successfully made the visit subsequently asked the inmate about the matter. The inmate said they had not deleted the person’s name and would make further enquiries with the department.
10 Apr 2025獨媒#6673
543 People Convicted and Imprisoned in Cases Involving “Black Violence” and National Security by End-February; Correctional Services Department Says 99% Voluntarily Joined Deradicalisation Programme
懲教署在2019年反修例事件後，因應涉及嚴重罪行及思想激進人士而入獄的人士增加，推出「去激化」的計劃，協助他們「擺脫激進思想及行為」。懲教署表示按今年2月28日當日計算，有543人因反修例或國安法案件被定罪，當中有538人曾「自願參與計劃」，約佔99%。而計劃開始以來，共有1,276人參與，年齡由16歲至77歲不等。懲教署稱，大部分參加者積極參與計劃的活動， 反應正面。
另外，被獨立囚禁在個案有897宗，是近3年新高，被中止與其他在囚人士交往的時間，有28人被中止4個月以上，懲教署指全部個案是在囚人士「主動申請」。
Following the 2019 anti-extradition bill movement, the Correctional Services Department launched a deradicalisation programme in response to the increase in people imprisoned for serious offences and radical beliefs, assisting them to “rid themselves of radical thoughts and behaviour”. The department said that, as of 28 February this year, 543 people had been convicted in cases involving the anti-extradition bill movement or the National Security Law. Of these, 538 had “voluntarily participated in the programme”, accounting for about 99%. Since the programme began, 1,276 people aged between 16 and 77 have taken part. The department said most participants had actively engaged in the programme’s activities and responded positively.
Separately, there were 897 cases of inmates being held in solitary confinement, the highest number in the past three years. In 28 cases, inmates were barred from associating with other prisoners for more than four months. The Correctional Services Department said all the cases involved inmates who had “actively applied” for the arrangement.
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