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  1. Briton imprisoned in Mexico for drug smuggling (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Gould interviews Dee McStravick, British subject, following her sentencing to five years in a Mexican prison for smuggling cannabis. She describes conditions in the jail. Telephone interview.

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  2. Kilroy-Silk on prisons after visits (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Allen interviews Robert Kilroy-Silk, Labour MP and Chairman of the Parliamentary Group on Penal Affairs, about a visit by members of the committee to view conditions in London prisons.

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  3. Rooftop protest at Peterhead Prison (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with spokesman for Scottish prison officers about rooftop protests by prisoners against conditions at the Peterhead Prison in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Male speaker and interviewer not identified....

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  4. Council housing flaws and tenant’s charter (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a male speaker (not identified - poss. a GLC member) about the poor state of council housing estates in London and architectural design flaws due to economic restraints. The interview comes...

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  5. Decision makers (1980)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Vox pop

    Decision Makers on Cuba, presented by Andrew Simmons. From Bay of Pigs invasion to Soviet missile crisis (speech from President John F. Kennedy) to contemporary living conditions; Soviet influence;...

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  6. Patrick Conlon death in prison (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a relative of convicted IRA terrorist Patrick Conlon, one of the Maguire Seven, following his death in Wormwood Scrubs prison in London (23/01/80). Blames his death on the authorities and...

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  7. Brendan O’Friel on prison conditions (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Brendan O’Friel, the Deputy Governor of Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, on the necessity for reforms in the prison service due to high levels of overcrowding and lack of funding. Male...

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  8. David Steel’s comments on prison overcrowding (1980)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on comments made by Liberal Party leader David Steel where he criticised the prison service and the Conservative Government for overcrowding in Britain’s jails. Female reporter not identified.

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  9. Ian Paisley on Maze concessions (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with DUP leader Reverend Dr Ian Paisley criticising concessions granted to IRA prisoners by the British Government during the hunger strike and so-called dirty protest at the Maze Prison in...

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  10. Merlyn Rees on prison conditions (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Labour home affairs spokesman Merlyn Rees on the need for reform in Britain’s overcrowded prisons, following a debate in the House of Commons featuring Home Secretary, William Whitelaw. Interviewer not heard.

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