LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Brixton prison F-wing may close

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Oct 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

Report on talks about possible closure of Brixton Prison F-Wing (psychiatric wing) which has the highest suicide rate of staff and inmates in prison history. With comment from Terry McLaren from the Prison Officers Association and Paul Cavadino from the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO). Report by Mark Phillips for FM breakfast show on LBC Newstalk.

Contributors

Paul Cavadino; Mark Phillips; Terry McLaren; LBC Newstalk

Keywords

Suicide; Prisons; NACRO; Prison officers; Prisoners; POA; Brixton Prison; Joe Pilling

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