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Brixton Prison escape and reforms (1991)

Genre

Interview

Chief Inspector of Prisons Stephen Tumim highlights the problems in the prison service which preceeded the escape of two IRA members, Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McAuley, from Brixton Prison and on his...

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Victory’s Review of the Year 1981 (1982)

1- Royal Wedding. 2- American hostages returned. Arrest of Peter Sutcliffe. Murder of parents by Andrew Alder near Chichester. 3- Cutbacks at Portsmouth Dockyard, 4 thousand jobs lost [60 percent of work...

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IRA terrorists escape from Brixton prison (1991)

Genre

Interview

Secretary of the Prison Officers Association David Evans on four prison officers facing disciplinary action after two suspected IRA terrorists escaped from Brixton prison. He says the blame lies with the...

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Prison reforms after Brixton breakout (1991)

Genre

Interview

Interview with an unidentified male speaker from Wandsworth Prison on the report by Judge Stephen Tumin, Chief Inspector of Prisons, on prison security, and the Home Secretary Kenneth Baker’s new proposals...

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Overcrowded conditions at Brixton Prison (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

Report on the overcrowded conditions at 180 year-old Brixton remand prison in south London, where two or three prisoners, including convicted criminals, are now having to share a cell. Includes actuality of...

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Overcrowded conditions at Brixton Prison (1983)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special

Report on the overcrowded conditions at 180 year-old Brixton remand prison in south London, where two or three prisoners, including convicted criminals, are now having to share cells. Includes actuality of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Gerard Tuite on prison break from Brixton (1981)

Genre

Interview

IRA member Gerard Tuite on how he and Jimmy Moody escaped from Brixton Prison and went on the run. Male interviewer not identified.

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POA reaction to Brixton Prison breakout (1991)

Genre

Interview

Angela Rippon interviews John Bartell, chairman of the Prison Officers Association, about the escape of two IRA suspects, Pearse McAuley and Nessan Quinlivan, from Brixton maximum security jail. They were...

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Brixton prison IRA breakout (1981)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Report on the escape of Gerard Tuite and two other IRA prisoners from Brixton Prison 2 months ago and the remanding of 2 men in connection with the escape. Includes Commander Peter Duffy talking to the press...

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John Dawes transfer - Prison Governor’s view (1983)

Genre

Interview

Brixton Prison Governor Terry Pearson, on the transfer of remand prisoner John Dawes to Coldingley, without the knowledge of his family. Female reporter not identified.

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