Press Release

Person in custody commits suicide by hanging at Stanley Prison

     A 59-year-old male person in custody at Stanley Prison committed suicide by hanging today (March 30).

     At 3.07am today, a correctional officer found that the person in custody had committed suicide by hanging with a bedsheet tied to the window grille bars of his cell. The officer immediately called for reinforcement to provide first aid treatment and called for an ambulance to send the person in custody to a public hospital for rescue. He was subsequently certified dead at 4.07am.

     The Correctional Services Department has reported the case to the Police. A death inquest will be held by the Coroner's Court.

     The deceased was sentenced to imprisonment for the offence of burglary in June 2021.

Ends/Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Issued at HKT 11:40