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41 results found for '"Prison reform"' in Keywords.
Lord Longford on prison reform (1974)
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- Interview
Interview with Lord Longford (Francis Pakenham) on prison reform. He speaks about how certain prisoners do have to stay in prison, the point of the debate in the House of Lords and what the Home Secretary is...
T. Dan Smith on prison reform (1977)
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- Interview
Bob Holness interviews former Labour politician T. Dan Smith on the need for prison reform, after he is released from prison on corruption charges.
Fookes on overcrowding in prison (1978)
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- Interview
Conservative MP Janet Fookes on overcrowding in Britain’s prisons and the benefits of weekend prisons. Fookes argues that there needs to be a change in the fines system and that anyone who is dangerous...
Prison reform (1979)
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- Interview
Interview about treatment of prisoners. Female speaker not identified.
Kilroy-Silk on prisons after visits (1979)
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- Interview
Peter Allen interviews Robert Kilroy-Silk, Labour MP and Chairman of the Parliamentary Group on Penal Affairs, about a visit by members of the committee to view conditions in London prisons.
Clive Soley on youth detention centres (1979)
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- Interview
Bob Holness interviews Labour MP Clive Soley, about the unfairness of the detention centre scheme for young offenders in relation to prison officers.
Tranquillizers prescribed in prisons (1979)
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- Interview
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...
Brendan O’Friel on prison conditions (1980)
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- Interview
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...
Merlyn Rees on prison conditions (1980)
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- Interview
Labour home affairs spokesman Merlyn Rees on the need for reform in Britain’s overcrowded prisons, following a debate in the House of Commons featuring Home Secretary, William Whitelaw. Interviewer not heard.
End of hunger strike (1980)
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- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary statement in the House of Commons by Northern Ireland Secretary Humphrey Atkins announcing the end of the hunger strike by republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast and publishing of...