25 Jul 2025集誌社#7094
監獄規則｜探訪表格新增聲明 探監者須確認 探訪是為助「改過自新」等 虛假陳述或會被控
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.
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。
23 Jul 2025獨媒#7077
懲教署：至今未就任何探訪施加限制或條件
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.
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。
16 Jan 2023獨媒#5950
懲教署恢復額外親友探訪安排 因疫情暫停逾一年
The Correctional Services Department announced that arrangements for additional visits by relatives and friends would resume as normal today (16th). Convicted prisoners would again be allowed two additional visits by relatives and friends each month, after the arrangement was suspended for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors are still required to take a rapid COVID-19 test on the day of the visit and, after obtaining a negative result, declare the test result on a health declaration form upon arriving at the institution.
懲教署公布，額外親友探訪安排今日（16日）起恢復正常，定罪在囚人士恢復每月兩次的額外親友探訪安排，該項安排因新冠疫情暫停逾一年。另外，署方繼續要求訪客必須在探訪當日作新冠病毒快速測試，在取得陰性結果後，到達院所後經「健康申報表」申報測試結果。
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