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State of UK prisons (1991)

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Interview

Interview on the state of prisons in the UK after a white paper report; the amount of money spent on prisons; work to improve the dignity of individuals in prison; addressing the criticisms in the report....

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Ocean Sound This Week No.81: Programme 81 of a weekly news and sports review (1988)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 81 Programme 81 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 15 May 1988. Presented by PETE WARDMAN....

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State of UK prisons (1991)

Genre

Interview

Interview on the critical but constructive report into the state of prisons and prisoners by the Chief Inspector of Prisons; where the problems in the prison service are; how prisoners have been treated...

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Michael Howard on privatising prisons (1993)

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Interview

Political editor Peter Murphy interviews Home Secretary Michael Howard on the decision to privatise some of Britain’s prisons, how they will choose the prisons, security fears, the criticism of the private...

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Stephen Tumim on prison report (1990)

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Interview

Interview with Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, Judge Stephen Tumim about his report on the state of the UK’s prisons. He says Victorian prisons were well-made and is critical of the medical...

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Prison service view on prison privatisation (1993)

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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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William Whitelaw on prisons report (1979)

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Interview

Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw on his prisons report. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Spencer or Peter Murphy).

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Malcolm Rifkind on the continuing violence in prisons (1987)

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Interview

Scottish Secretary Malcolm Rifkind responds to demands for instant action on the continuing violence in prisons, particularly in Scotland. Male interviewer not identified.

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Tranquillizers prescribed in prisons (1979)

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Interview

Interview on the prescription of tranquillizers in prisons to enable prisoners to cope with the stresses of incarceration, and to control the violent or the mentally ill which mental hospitals have refused...

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AIDS in prisons (1991)

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Interview

Interview with Judge Stephen Tumim, the Government’s inspector of prisons, who describes his reasons for calling for a full investigation into the risk of AIDS in prison. He has been speaking to an AIDS...

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