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NACRO

Date released

1975

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

838

NoS ID

329079

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: New national newspaper for prison inmates.

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Night of Truth, The (2006)

aka: Nuit de la VÉritÉ, La

Director

Fanta Régina Nacro

Subject

Development studies; Film Studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

Set in an unnamed African country, after ten years of bloody war, the film dramatises the process of truth and reconciliation, echoing the recent histories of South Africa, Sierra Leone and Rwanda, and...

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Nuit de la Verite, La (2004 Film)

aka: Night of Truth, The

Director

Fanta Régina Nacro

Producer

Claire-Agnes Lajournard; Fanta Régina Nacro

Feature film. A parable set in a fictitious West African country rent by 10 years of tribal conflict between the ruling Nayak and the rebel Bonande. The director has stated that she saw Shakespearean...

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Willie Whitelaw addresses NACRO on prison overcrowding (1980)

Genre

News report; Speech

Barry Jordan reports on the response of Home Secretary, Willie Whitelaw to allegations of overcrowding and poor conditions in Britain’s prisons. Includes excerpt of speech given by Whitelaw at the National...

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Prison officers’ dispute (1979)

Genre

Interview

Vivien Stern, Director, National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO) about suspension of prison officers in the current dispute. Male interviewer not identified.

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Willie Whitelaw on prison overcrowding (1980)

Genre

Interview

Barry Jordan interviews Home Secretary, William Whitelaw on allegations of overcrowding and poor conditions in Britain’s prisons. The interview follows Whitelaw’s speech at the National Association for...

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Judge Stephen Tumim on prison reform proposals (1991)

Genre

Interview

Judge Stephen Tumim, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, on penal reform proposals and the organisations which have criticised them. He says the changes cannot be made quickly, and that critics (who...

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Brixton prison F-wing may close (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on talks about possible closure of Brixton Prison F-Wing (psychiatric wing) which has the highest suicide rate of staff and inmates in prison history. With comment from Terry McLaren from the Prison...

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Increase in youth custody (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Brian Ging reports on the large increase in the number of teenage boys being held in prison. Vivien Stern of NACRO says it’s difficult to explain why regimes should suddenly harshen towards the young....

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Young London (1987)

Genre

Advertisement; Discussion; Interview; Music; News bulletin; News report; Phone-in; Trailer

Young London programme presented by Clive Bull. Looks at teenage crime during a discussion with Paulette Horton(?), NACRO; interview with Steve Gebbett(?) about the Quosh(?) Holiday Fun booklet; interview...

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