Alan Beith on Michael Howard

Title

Alan Beith on Michael Howard

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

16 Oct 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:01

Description

Mariita Eager interviews Alan Beith MP on whether he agrees with Shadow Home Secretary Jack Straw’s assertion that Derek Lewis Head of Prison Service had been made a scapegoat by Home Secretary Michael Howard following the Isle of Wight prison breakout in 1/95.

Contributors

Alan Beith; Mariita Eager

Keywords

Prisons; Isle of Wight; Security; Escapes; Dismissal from employment; Michael Howard; Parkhurst Prison; Home Office; Derek Lewis; Whitemoor Prison; Prison Service

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