Recently jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was transferred to a maximum-security prison in the city on Dec. 31, according to local media reports. Chow, 24, earlier this year pleaded guilty to participating in and inciting others to take part in an “unlawful assembly” on June 2019. She was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Dec. 2. Chow was initially detained at the medium-security Lo Wu Correctional Institution but was transferred on Thursday to Tai Lam Centre for Women, a maximum-security prison which houses “category A” prisoners, Hong Kong media reported. According to a Hong Kong government website, criminals sentenced to 12 years or more in jail are deemed as “type A” offenders and detained at a category A prison. Meanwhile, those sentenced to less than 5 years in jail are deemed as “type C or D” offenders and should be detained at a medium- or low-security prison. …