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Peter Thornton of the National Council for Civil Liberties on its recommendations to the May Committee of inquiry into the prison service, including the appointment of an independent prison ombudsman to...
Interview on the prescription of tranquillizers in prisons to enable prisoners to cope with the stresses of incarceration, and to control the violent or the mentally ill which mental hospitals have refused...
Interview on the prescription of tranquillizers in prisons to enable prisoners to cope with the stresses of incarceration, and to control the violent or the mentally ill. Recommends a reduction in prison...
Interview with an unidentified male prison officer on the difficulty of keeping mentally disturbed prisoners in an ordinary prison. Male interviewer not identified.
The H-Block Fuse. Soundtrack of Granada Television, World in Action programme broadcast on 24 November 1980, about the fifth week of the H-Block hunger strike at the Maze Prison. Includes interviews with...
Interview with a British woman about the eating of a Christmas dinner during a hunger strike by her relative (named Roy ?) during his serving of a life sentence in an unnamed jail and on his poor condition....
Report on the opening of Frankland Prison in County Durham, 18 months ahead of schedule. The site is being guarded by 450 military personnel instead of prison officers. There are currently just 17 inmates...
Interview with Eddie Richardson, about the escape from Springhill open prison of his brother - former gang-leader Charlie Richardson â on 24/05/80. Female interviewer not identified.
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...
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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