Woodcock report into Whitemoor breakout - Michael Howard’s Commons statement

Title

Woodcock report into Whitemoor breakout - Michael Howard’s Commons statement

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

19 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Excerpt from a House of Commons statement by Home Secretary, Michael Howard, responding to a report by Sir John Woodcock into the escape in 09/94 by IRA prisoners from the special secure unit at Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire. Howard says he accepts the findings and will announce a sweeping review of the prison service.

Contributors

Michael Howard

Keywords

Reports; Terrorism; Prisons; IRA; Security; Prisoners; Escapes; Cabinet ministers; Whitemoor Prison; Woodcock Report

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