12 Sept 2025Points media#7299
懲教署終駁斥CFHK 監獄報告 斥指控失實無政治犯 點名許穎婷請求制裁
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.
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。
8 Sept 2025追新聞#7268
揭囚友被打到見血 指政治犯「被洗腦」 逆權律師聯手CFHK轟香港監獄制度迫害
“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.
「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。
10 Apr 2025獨媒#6673
今年2月底543人涉「黑暴國安」定罪在囚 懲教署稱99%自願參與「去激化」計劃
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.
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」。
15 Feb 2024獨媒#2984
獄中部分《明報》內容被撕走 懲教：不利改過自新或威脅秩序
Newspapers are one of the important channels through which people in custody obtain information from outside. However, Independent Media has learned that some correctional institutions have recently torn out certain content from Ming Pao before delivering it to people in custody, including a love letter from mainland rights writer Yeh To to his incarcerated fiancée, Chow Hang-tung, and reports on the trial in the Apple case.
報紙是在囚人士獲得外界資訊的重要渠道之一，不過《獨媒》獲悉，近日有懲教院所將《明報》送到在囚人士手上前，會將部分內容撕去，包括內地維權作家野渡給在囚未婚妻鄒幸彤的情書及蘋果案審訊報導。
25 Jan 2024獨媒#2880
王逸戰稱有少年犯獄中被雞姦 警證拘一人惟不夠證據起訴
Wong Yat-chin, the former convenor of Student Politicism who pleaded guilty two years ago to conspiracy to incite subversion of state power and was sentenced to 36 months in prison, wrote on social media last Friday (19th) that a juvenile offender was violently assaulted while being held at Pik Uk Correctional Institution. Wong Yat-chin also said that in winter 2021, a 15-year-old juvenile offender was subjected by other inmates to having wintergreen ointment applied to his glans, a toothbrush inserted into his anus, and even rape through illegal anal intercourse. Correctional staff only reported the matter to police after he was repeatedly passing blood and was sent to hospital. The Correctional Services Department previously said the claims were “completely without factual basis” and were “intended to smear the work of the correctional services”, and strongly condemned the statements.
前年承認串謀煽動顛覆國政權罪、被判囚36個月的前賢學思政召集人王逸戰，上周五（19日）在社交媒體撰文，稱在壁屋懲教所羈押期間，有少年犯被暴力襲擊，2021年冬天亦有一名15歲少年犯被其他囚犯「用冬青膏搽龜頭，以牙刷捅肛門，甚至強姦非法肛交」，直到不斷屙血送醫，懲教職員才報警處理。懲教署早前指有關言論「全無事實根據」及「意圖抹黑懲教工作」，懲教署予以嚴厲譴責。
22 Jan 2024獨媒#2848
被指對少年犯用私刑、冷待性侵事件 懲教：全無事實根據
After it was revealed that a correctional officer had used a wooden stick to poke a juvenile offender in the anus, causing an anal tear and rectal perforation, several people who had served sentences at Pik Uk wrote on social media alleging that “numerous incidents of abuse and sexual assault” at Pik Uk Correctional Institution remained unknown to the public.
Wong Yat-chin, convener of Cin Yin Hok Si Zing, said there was a room at the institution specifically used for assaults and without closed-circuit television. He said juvenile offenders in the room were required to walk while squatting or were violently attacked by staff. He also said he had learned that a 15-year-old juvenile offender had been raped by another juvenile offender, but “it was not until he kept passing blood and was sent to hospital that correctional staff reported the matter to the police”.
Chan Chi-sum, secretary-general of Cin Yin Hok Si Zing, disclosed that he had once been summoned to the duty officer’s office over his hairstyle and was asked to choose a ruler to be used as an “instrument of punishment”. After he refused to comply, he was ordered to squat for about 45 minutes, during which he was verbally abused, including being told: “I won’t hit you today, but next time I definitely will hit you.”
懲教職員以木棍捅少年犯肛門，導致事主肛門撕裂及直腸穿孔一事被揭發後，多名曾在壁屋服刑人士在社交媒體撰文，控訴壁屋懲教所內仍有「諸多濫暴與性侵事件」不被大眾所知。
前賢學思政召集人王逸戰指，院所內有一個專門用於施暴、沒有閉路電視的房間，房內的少年犯會被要求蹲著行路或被職員以暴力襲擊；他又指曾得悉一名15歲少年犯被另一少年犯強姦，但「直到他不斷屙血送醫，懲教職員才報警處理」。
前賢學思政秘書長陳枳森則透露，自己曾因髮型問題被召到值日主任辦公室，並被要求選間尺作「刑具」；他拒服從後被命令蹲著約45分鐘，期間遭受辱罵，包括「今日唔抓（打）你，下次一定抓（打）你」。
22 Jan 2024Channel C#2855
懲教署︱鍾翰林指太平紳士甚少跟進投訴 有職員指越級投訴是「唔畀臉」
An 18-year-old remanded detainee at Pik Uk Correctional Institution was allegedly assaulted last December by five people who used wooden sticks to injure his anus, causing an anal tear and rectal injuries. The five suspects arrested in connection with the case include a 33-year-old correctional officer. They were charged with one count of wounding with intent, and the case will return to court on April 22. Chung Hon-lam, former convener of Studentlocalism, previously shared his experience in custody on social media. The Correctional Services Department said in response to enquiries from this publication at the time that his claims had “no factual basis whatsoever”, and that different channels were available for lodging complaints within or outside the department.
壁屋懲教所一名18歲被羈留的少年，去年12月疑在所內遭5人以木棍捅肛門致肛門撕裂及直腸受傷，涉案5被捕，包括一名33歲懲教助理，他們被控一項「有意圖而傷人」罪，案件4月22日再訊。學生動源前召集人鍾翰林早前曾在社交媒體分享在囚經歷，懲教署當時回覆本台查詢指其言論「全無事實根據」，又指署內或署外有不同途徑供申訴。
17 Nov 2023獨媒#8659
露宿者小欖囚室衣服纏頸亡 陪審團一致裁自殺 倡懲教勿以閉路電視代替親身巡視
Sham Shui Po homeless man Lai Man-sap, a Vietnamese national, was remanded at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in 2020 in connection with possession of dangerous drugs. During his detention, he wrapped a pair of trousers around his neck in a protective cell. His condition deteriorated sharply after he was taken to hospital for emergency treatment, and he was eventually certified dead. The Coroner’s Court continued the inquest today (17th). After Coroner Chau Chi-wai gave directions in the morning, the jury retired for about two hours and unanimously concluded that the deceased had died by suicide. The jury recommended that the Correctional Services Department increase the number of correctional officers to share Siu Lam’s daily workload. It also recommended that checks on people in custody at intervals of no more than 15 minutes be strictly enforced, and that CCTV observation not be used as a substitute for in-person checks.
深水埗越南籍露宿者黎民十於2020年涉管有危險藥物，還押於小欖精神科治療病院，期間在保護囚室內用長褲纏頸，送院搶救後情況急轉直下，最終證實死亡。死因庭今（17日）繼續研訊，死因裁判官周至偉早上作出引導後，陪審團經約兩小時退庭商議，最終得出死者死於自殺的結論。陪審團向懲教署建議增設懲教助理人手，以分擔小欖的日常工作，並建議需嚴格執行不多於15分鐘巡視在囚人士，不可以閉路電視觀察取代親身巡視。
28 Oct 2023獨媒#8559
被指阻撓鄒家成寄信申訴無法收書 懲教：無事實根據
The National Security Department on Tuesday (24th) arrested Chow Ka-shing, who is remanded in custody in the primary election case involving 47 people, and two lawyers, alleging that they took unauthorised items out of a prison. Chow’s social media said that, because Correctional Services had barred him from receiving books, he intended to write to The Ombudsman to complain, but his letters of complaint were often unable to be delivered because of obstruction by correctional officers. He therefore changed to sending the letters through a lawyer. The Correctional Services Department told the media that the allegations were completely unfounded and had no factual basis, stressing that any person in custody who is dissatisfied with the treatment at an institution or has any complaint about their personal rights may lodge a complaint through multiple channels.
國安處於周二（24日）拘捕因初選47人案還柙的鄒家成及兩名律師，指他們將未經授權的物品攜離監獄。鄒的社交媒體指，因他被懲教禁止收取書籍，有意寫信向申訴專員公處投訴，投訴信件卻經常在懲教人員阻撓下無法送達，於是改透過律師寄出信件。懲教署回應傳媒指，有關指控純屬子虛烏有，並無事實根據，強調任何在囚人士如對院所待遇感到不滿，或就個人權益有任何投訴，可透過多個渠道作出投訴。
23 Sept 2023獨媒#8407
懲教指名畫《維納斯的誕生》「裸露」拒入書 鄒家成：正考慮司法覆核
Writer PazuPazu Kong recently wrote that he had intended to give German writer Dietrich Schwanitz’s book *Education* to a friend in prison, but the book was returned because the famous painting *The Birth of Venus* in it was deemed to contain “nudity”. Chow Ka-shing, who is remanded in custody in the 47-person primary election case, posted on social media in the evening, confirming that the Correctional Services Department had barred him from receiving the book *Education*. He was quoted as saying that he was “currently considering seeking cultural justice through judicial review”.
作家Pazu薯伯伯日前撰文表示，原欲將德國作家史汪尼茲的《教養》一書交予在囚朋友，但因書中名畫《維納斯的誕生》被指「裸露」而遭退回。正因初選47人案還柙的鄒家成，其社交媒體傍晚發文，確認是鄒被懲教署禁止收取《教養》一書，又引述鄒表示「現時正考慮循司法覆核途徑，尋求文化公義」。
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