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  1. 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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  2. Tony Fitzpatrick on solutions to prison overcrowding (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Prison governors’ spokesman Tony Fitzpatrick on overcrowding in prisons. He says the system cannot cope with the number of inmates, and he is proposing early release for the majority of prisoners. Male...

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  3. For his own protection (1982)

    Genre
    Discussion; Documentary; Interview; Vox pop

    First part of a programme exploring the death of Barry Prosser, a businessman who was imprisoned in Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, where he was kicked to death in the daycare centre. We hear from widow...

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  4. Prison officers acquitted of Barry Prosser killing (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the acquittal verdict in the trial of prison officers Melvin Jackson, Eric Smith and Howard Price, charged with the murder of Barry Prosser after he was beaten to death in his cell at Winson Green...

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  5. Barry Prosser death in custody (1982)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the case of Barry Prosser, beaten to death while held on remand at Winson Green Prison in 1980. Speaking are: widow Dorothy Prosser; neighbour Sandra Oliver. Male reporter not identified.

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  6. Prison conditions in Wormwood Scrubs (1982)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report from Wormwood Scrubs prison in London, about prison conditions and administration. Speakers include unidentified male prisoners; Martin Boulter(?), Assistant Governor; Gill Jones, chairman of the...

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  7. Rayfield on Parkhurst siege (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Parkhurst Prison Governor Alan Rayfield holds a press conference about the siege in which his deputy, Gerry Schofield, was held hostage and released unharmed. Male reporter not identified (poss. Kevin Murphy).

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  8. Parliament votes against capital punishment (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with David Evans, Prison Officers Association (POA), on the Parliamentary decision not to reintroduce the death penalty. Male interviewer not identified.

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  9. Parliament votes against capital punishment (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on reaction to the outcome of a House of Commons vote which went against reintroduction of the death penalty. Speaking are: Leslie Curtis, Chairman of the Police Federation; David Evans, General...

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  10. Strangeways prison problems (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interviews with Colin Steel, Chairman of Prison Officers Association, about problems at Strangeways Prison in Manchester (male interviewer not identified); and with Government Home Office minister, Lord...

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