§ MR. BOTTOMLEYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is aware that in certain of His Majesty's prisons persons awaiting trial, and who have had their money 1414 taken from them, are not permitted to; purchase the postage stamps they require for communicating with their friends, and that such letters are consequently sent unstamped, involving the payment of double postage by the recipients; whether such practice is general in His Majesty's prisons; and whether he will take the necessary stops to remedy it without delay.
§ MR. GLADSTONEMy hon. friend appears to be under a misapprehension. It is the rule in all prisons that prisoners awaiting trial who have money in the prison's books, are allowed to pay the postage of their letters from such funds.