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127 results found for '"Living conditions"' in Keywords.
Briton imprisoned in Mexico for drug smuggling (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Gould interviews Dee McStravick, British subject, following her sentencing to five years in a Mexican prison for smuggling cannabis. She describes conditions in the jail. Telephone interview.
Kilroy-Silk on prisons after visits (1979)
- Genre
- 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.
Rooftop protest at Peterhead Prison (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with spokesman for Scottish prison officers about rooftop protests by prisoners against conditions at the Peterhead Prison in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Male speaker and interviewer not identified....
Council housing flaws and tenant’s charter (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male speaker (not identified - poss. a GLC member) about the poor state of council housing estates in London and architectural design flaws due to economic restraints. The interview comes...
Decision makers (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Vox pop
Decision Makers on Cuba, presented by Andrew Simmons. From Bay of Pigs invasion to Soviet missile crisis (speech from President John F. Kennedy) to contemporary living conditions; Soviet influence;...
Patrick Conlon death in prison (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a relative of convicted IRA terrorist Patrick Conlon, one of the Maguire Seven, following his death in Wormwood Scrubs prison in London (23/01/80). Blames his death on the authorities and...
Brendan O’Friel on prison conditions (1980)
- Genre
- 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...
David Steel’s comments on prison overcrowding (1980)
- Genre
- News report
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.
Ian Paisley on Maze concessions (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with DUP leader Reverend Dr Ian Paisley criticising concessions granted to IRA prisoners by the British Government during the hunger strike and so-called dirty protest at the Maze Prison in...
Merlyn Rees on prison conditions (1980)
- Genre
- 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.