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  1. Michael Howard on Learmont Report (1995)

    Genre
    Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Speech by Home Secretary Michael Howard in the House of Commons about the Learmont Report on prison security following the breakout from Parkhurst and Whitemoor prisons in 1/95.

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  2. Strangeways prison riots background (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Chris Roberts reports on the background to the Strangeways Prison riots. Speakers are Father Noel Proctor (riot broke out at end of his church service); George Elliott, Prison Officers Association; worried...

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  3. Michael Howard on Learmont Report (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Home Secretary Michael Howard on the Learmont Report on prison security, following the breakout from Parkhurst and Whitemoor prisons in 1/95. Interviewer not heard.

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  4. Brixton jailbreak (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Chris Train, Director-General of the Prison Service, on a jailbreak after a firearm was smuggled into Brixton Prison, the security measures which should have prevented it and the inquiry to...

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  5. Liz Symons on Derek Lewis (1995)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Speech by Liz Symons, leader of the First Division Association, on Derek Lewis’s dismissal as Head of the Prison Service following breakouts at Parkhurst and Whitemoor prisons on the Isle of Wight; Derek...

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  6. Prison escort privatisation (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    David Addis interviews National Executive of the Prison Officers Association Terry McLaren following the death of 38-year-old Ernest Hogg while in custody of private Group 4 Court Services. McLaren fears...

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  7. NCCL recommendations on prison grievance procedure (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Thornton of the National Council for Civil Liberties on its recommendations to the May Committee of inquiry into the prison service, including the appointment of an independent prison ombudsman to...

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  8. David Steel’s comments on prison overcrowding (1980)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on comments made by Liberal Party leader David Steel where he criticised the prison service and the Conservative Government for overcrowding in Britain’s jails. Female reporter not identified.

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  9. Funeral of Strangeways Prison warder who died during riot (1990)

    Genre
    Music; News report; Speech; Tribute

    Report on the funeral of Strangeways Prison warder, Walter (Wally) Scott, who died of a heart attack after the prison riot began. More than 150 people attended the service at a church near Bury, including...

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  10. Brian Hayes show (1981)

    Genre
    Advertisement; Interview; Jingle; News bulletin; Phone-in

    David Simmons (standing in for Brian Hayes) interviews author Teddy (J E) Thomas (in Radio Trent’s Nottingham studio), who discusses his book, The Exploding Prison, which explores the prison service, riots...

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