Overcrowded conditions at Brixton Prison
- Title
- Overcrowded conditions at Brixton Prison
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
- TX Date
- 17 Feb 1983
- Year of production
- 1983
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- Duration
- 00:06:33
- Description
- Report on the overcrowded conditions at 180 year-old Brixton remand prison in south London, where two or three prisoners, including convicted criminals, are now having to share a cell. Includes actuality of the prison visit and interviews with Training Principal Officer John Denyer and unidentified male prisoner. Female reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- John Denyer
- Keywords
- London; Prisons; Living conditions; Prisoners; Brixton Prison
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LBC/IRN, "Overcrowded conditions at Brixton Prison". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0003700168015 (Accessed 27 Jul 2025)