Coordinates: 22°07′11″N 113°33′17″E / 22.119616°N 113.554602°E
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1904 |
Preceding agencies |
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Jurisdiction | Macau |
Headquarters | Rua de S. Francisco Xavier (竹灣馬路聖方濟各街), Coloane, Macau, China |
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Agency executives |
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Website | www |
Correctional Services Bureau | |||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 懲教管理局 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 惩教管理局 | ||||||||||
Jyutping | cing4 gaau3 gun2 lei5 guk6 | ||||||||||
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Portuguese name | |||||||||||
Portuguese | Direcção dos Serviços Correccionais |
Coloane Prison | |||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 路環監獄 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 监狱路环 | ||||||||||
Jyutping | lou6 waan4 gaam1 juk6 | ||||||||||
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Macau Prison | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 澳門監獄 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门监狱 | ||||||||||
Jyutping | ou3 mun4*2 gaam1 juk6 | ||||||||||
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Portuguese name | |||||||||||
Portuguese | Estabelecimento Prisional de Coloane/Estabelecimento Prisional de Macau |
The Correctional Services Bureau[1] (Chinese: 懲教管理局;[2] Portuguese: Direcção dos Serviços Correccionais, DSC)[3] is the agency responsible for maintaining inmates in Macau, China. It is under the administration of the Secretariat for Security.
On 1 January 2016, Macau Prison (Estabelecimento Prisional de Macau) and the Youth Correctional Institution that was under the Legal Affairs Bureau were re-structured as the Correctional Services Bureau.[4][5]
Per article 1 of Administrative Regulation No. 27/2015, the duties of the agency are to:[6]
In 2004, there were about 921 (784 men and 137 women) inmates in the prison and divided amongst male and female inmates.[4] With the 2010 population at 926, a new prison is being built in Ka Ho as the current facility can only hold 1500. The new prison was scheduled to open in 2014.[7] However, this has since been delayed.[8]
Circa 2014 there were 959 prisoners, including 195 women. The total occupancy rate was 84%, with the women's area having an occupancy rate of 83%. Circa 2014 an expansion of the women's area was to add capacity for an additional 315 prisoners.[9]
Per Law No. 2/2008 (Restructure of the Careers in the Security Forces and Departments), the following ranks are observed in the agency:[10][11]
Due to the area's small population, there is only one prison for adults in Macau, Coloane Prison (路環監獄; Estabelecimento Prisional de Coloane or EPC), also known as Macau Prison (澳門監獄; Estabelecimento Prisional de Macau or EPM) was opened in 1990 and replaced the former Central Prison on the mainland (built from 1904 to 1909).[4] The facility consists of a series or connected buildings surrounded by a white wall with barbed wire. Four watchtowers are found along the prison walls.
There is also a juvenile detention facility in Macau, the Youth Correctional Institution (少年感化院; siu3 nin4 gam2 faa3 jyun2; Shàonián Gǎnhuàyuàn; Instituto de Menores), also in Coloane, with sections for boys and girls.[12]
Due to Coloane Prison being at almost full capacity, a new facility is under construction in Ka Ho. Construction of this facility began in 2010 and was scheduled to open by 2014 but has since been delayed.[8]
The UK FCDO stated that overcrowding began to be an issue at Coloane Prison since 2010.[13]