Security in British prisons
- Title
- Security in British prisons
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 23 Sep 1994
- Year of production
- 1994
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- Duration
- 00:03:59
- Description
- Home Secretary, Michael Howard is facing increasing pressure to resign after semtex was found at Whitemoor maximum security prison in Cambridgeshire just two weeks after an attempted IRA jailbreak. An inquiry is currently under way, but David Evans, General Secretary of the Prison Officers Association, says he is not surprised in the least by this latest scandal, and holds Michael Howard accountable. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- David Evans
- Keywords
- Government; UK; Prisons; IRA; Security; Prisoners; Escapes; Cabinet ministers; Explosives; Cambridgeshire; Michael Howard; Home Office; Whitemoor Prison
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