§ 33. Mr. MYERSasked the Home Secretary whether girls as young as 16 are sent to Holloway Prison; whether boys and girls sent for Borstal treatment are taken to Holloway Prison for any period; and, if so, whether he will give instructions for this practice to cease, in view of the fact that the object of the Borstal system is to keep juvenile criminals from the influence of the ordinary penal system?
§ Sir J. BAIRDThere have been no commitments of girls under 16 to Holloway Prison, and the number under 17 has been very small. No males are committed to Holloway in any circumstances. Girls committed to Borstal Institutions only go to Holloway en route to the Borstal Institution, and during their short detention there they are specially treated and strictly separated from adult prisoners.