Willie Whitelaw addresses NACRO on prison overcrowding

Title

Willie Whitelaw addresses NACRO on prison overcrowding

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

16 Jul 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:06

Description

Barry Jordan reports on the response of Home Secretary, Willie Whitelaw to allegations of overcrowding and poor conditions in Britain’s prisons. Includes excerpt of speech given by Whitelaw at the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO) Conference.

Contributors

William Whitelaw; Barry Jordan

Keywords

Government; Internal politics; Prisons; NACRO; Living conditions; Prisoners

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