Derek Lewis on sacking
- Title
- Derek Lewis on sacking
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 17 Oct 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:00:24
- Description
- Interview with former Head of the Prison Service, Derek Lewis, who says he refused to resign, as he didn’t believe he should have been made a scapegoat, following the breakout from Parkhurst and Whitemoor prisons in 1/95. Interviewer not heard.
- Contributors
- Derek Lewis
- Keywords
- Prisons; Isle of Wight; Security; Escapes; Dismissal from employment; Michael Howard; Parkhurst Prison; Learmont Report; Home Office; Derek Lewis; Whitemoor Prison; Prison Service
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LBC/IRN, "Derek Lewis on sacking". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0009000320009 (Accessed 03 Jul 2025)