In September 1997, Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre had a certified capacity of 960 but was overcrowded, housing a population of 1,293 at that time.

[4] Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee formally opened the Lai Chi Kok Correctional Institution, located adjacent to Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre, on 20 July 2006.

[5] It closed in August 2010 after the inmates were relocated to the redeveloped Lo Wu Correctional Institution, and in 2011 it was merged into Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre to alleviate overcrowding, increasing the prison's capacity from 1,084 to 1,484.

[8] The prison is a 300-metre walk from Exit C of Lai Chi Kok station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR).

It is also served by numerous bus routes plying Cheung Sha Wan Road.