<In his annual report on the Gaol. Branch the Comm'ssioner of Police of the Shanghai Municipal Council states that the erection of buildings} to accommodate foreign prisoners at Amoy Road was begun in 1034 itis expected that they will be ready for occupation towards the end of this year, On January 1, 1984, there were 6.312 prisoners in Ward Road Gaol and the Yost remained at about this Sgure during the whole year, the highest number _belng 6357 and the lowest 6.020." Releases of prisoners whose sentences had been reduced under the Amnesty Law promulgated by the National Government on June 24, 1982, "continued, 165 being' released during the year. +Altogether 2,73) have been released under this law and of this number 904 have been further In addition, 16 prisoners were, re-teased on conditional release.—'This aystem, which is similar to release on parole, requires that a prisoner so Miverafed shall have a suitable guaran-for and shall report to the Police Station of the district in which he resides once every month during the unexpired portion of his sentence, During this. period he 1s also kept) under surveillance by the Police, the year the cases of 632 considered for condlout of which 206 were! recommended.
(Of this total only 16 were released, due in part to prisoners not wishing conditional release but chiefly to inability to obtain a satisfactory guarantor, Two of those released failed to report to the Police and their conditional release was revoked and warrants were issued for their arrest, The health and conduct of the pri-were good. Thirteen, Feleased on medical
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