HL Deb 19 October 1981 vol 424 c682WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

In how many closed prisons is evening association allowed and, within this number, in how many exercise period is reduced in accordance with Standing Order 6A-12h.

Lord Belstead

Evening association is generally allowed at closed training prisons. In local prisons opportunities for evening association are very limited because of the numbers of prisoners held therein and constraints on resources. There is no centrally held information on the number of prisons in which the exercise period is reduced for prisoners who are employed indoors and have evening association.