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  1. Geoff Coggan on prisoners’ demonstrations at Gartree (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Geoff Coggan, Secretary of the National Prisoners’ Movement, explains the reasons for prisoner demonstrations at Gartree Prison. Coggan claims that prisoners are being drugged to keep them under control...

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  2. Decision makers (1981)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview

    Decision Makers presented by Alan Mitchell, on overcrowding in Britain’s prisons. Interviews with Geoff Coggan, PROP; John McVicar, ex-convict; Dennis Trevelyan, Director-General of the Prison Service;...

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  3. Reaction to prison governor’s letter (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Report on the reaction to a letter to The Times newspaper (19/11/81) by John McCarthy, Governor of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in London, in which he described the prison as being like a penal dustbin. Speakers...

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  4. Parliament votes against capital punishment (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Geoff Coggan, PROP: The National Prisoners’ Movement, responding to the result of a House of Commons vote against reintroduction of capital punishment. He says longer sentencing is no more...

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