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Prison Bird Sanctuary

Date released

22 Jun 1967

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

652

NoS ID

121891

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: At the Verne Prison, Portland, Dorset, the prisoners run an emergency casualty service for birds afflicted by oil at sea. Come behind bars to see these experts in their own right save the...

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Criminal Justice - Pretrial Detention (2007)

Subject

Law

The excessive use (and length) of pre-trial detention is one of the main causes of prison overpopulation. Owing to the risk of flight, non-resident suspects are often remanded in custody, while residents...

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Mickey B (2007 Video)

Director

Tom Magill

Producer

Jennifer Marquis

A feature film of Macbeth made with serving prisoners in Northern Ireland’s maximum security prison, HMP Maghaberry.

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Derek Lewis on the Prison Service agency (1993)

Genre

Interview

Peter Deeley interviews Chief Executive of the Prison Service, Derek Lewis about the new government agency status of the Prison Service in the UK. Topics discussed include privatisation, operational...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.2: Programme 2 of a weekly news and sports review (1986)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 2 Programme 2 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 24 October 1986. Presented by GUY HORNSBY. TRACK...

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Prison service view on prison privatisation (1993)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Derek Lewis, Director-General of the Prison Service on the government’s plans to privatise 10 percent of Britain’s prisons, how the plans are to have private contractors running the...

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Prison services under fire (1995)

Genre

Interview

Vice-Chairman of the Prison Officers Association, John Boddington, talks about the problems facing the prison service after a disturbance at Everthorpe Prison in Hull and the death of alleged serial killer...

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Derek Lewis on prison bureaucracy (1995)

Genre

News report; Interview

Interview with former Head of the Prison Service, Derek Lewis, on bureaucracy in the prison security system, following the breakout from Parkhurst and Whitemoor prisons in 1/95. Interviewer not heard.

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Prison Reform

Date released

16 Feb 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1550

NoS ID

022875

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prison Reform (New Cells). DESCRIPTION: To give outsiders an idea of what to expect: this prison cell is a new type, a suggested design for the prison of the future. Pretty comfortable,...

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Brendan O’Friel on Strangeways Prison siege (1990)

Genre

Press conference

Prison governor Brendan O’Friel speaks at a press conference about the recent Strangeways Prison siege and lessons learned that will be of benefit to the prison service.

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