Alfred Jennings on remand centre suicides

Title

Alfred Jennings on remand centre suicides

Genre

Interview

TX Date

7 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:24

Description

Following a spate of recent teenage suicides and suicide attempts at the Hindley Remand Centre in Wigan, Governor Alfred Jennings on the variety of reasons, and arguing that prison for 15-17 year-olds should be discouraged other than for major crimes. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Alfred Jennings

Keywords

Suicide; Adolescents; Imprisonment; Prison services; Wigan; Teenage suicide; Hindley Remand Centre; Greater Manchester

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