Prison reforms after Brixton breakout
- Title
- Prison reforms after Brixton breakout
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:05:04
- Description
- Report on reaction to the report on prison security by Chief Inspector of Prisons, Judge Stephen Tumim in the aftermath of a two man breakout by IRA prisoners Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McAuley at Brixton Prison. Brixton Governor Reg Withers has been removed from duty. Speaking are Judge Tumin; Home Secretary Kenneth Baker; shadow Home Secretary Roy Hattersley; Sir John Wheeler, Chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Committee; General Secretary of the Prison Officers Association Derek Evans. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Roy Hattersley; John Wheeler; Kenneth Baker; Stephen Tumim; Derek Evans
- Keywords
- Reports; Prisons; Terrorists; Prison reform; Imprisonment; Security measures; Prison officers; Prisoners; Escapes; Security breaches; Prison services; Employee discipline; Sentencing policy; Brixton Prison; Pearse McAuley; Nessan Quinlivan; Reg Withers
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