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Hong Kong: Prisons rife with violence and inhumane treatment, inmate testimony reveals

Former Hong Kong prison inmates have told of inhumane and degrading conditions in new research published today by Amnesty International, as the organization called for authorities to urgently investigate the situation in the city’s correctional facilities. Nine former inmates jailed between 2016 and 2023 reported physical violence, prolonged solitary confinement, poor sanitary conditions and dangerously […]

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Former detainees in Hong Kong prisons testified of inhuman and degrading conditions in a new research published on 17 December 2025 by Amnesty International, which calls on the authorities to investigate urgently the situation in the city's prisons. Nine ex-prisoners, imprisoned between 2016 and 2023, reported physical violence, prolonged solitary confinement, deplorable health conditions and dangerously high summer temperatures during their inc…

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Amnesty International broke the news in on Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
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