HC Deb 07 December 1936 vol 318 cc1653-4W
Mr. PRITT

asked the Home Secretary how many fares have been granted by the Central Aid Society to relations of prisoners in Parkhurst and Dartmoor

the leave of the chairman, showing in each category how many appeals were successful?

Mr. E. BROWN

The following table gives the information desired, so far as it is available:

visiting the prisoners; and how many prisoners in Parkhurst and Dartmoor have been unvisited by their friends and relations for a period exceeding two years?

Mr. LLOYD

The Central Association have no funds to pay the fares of persons who wish to visit convicts at Parkhurst or Dartmoor. At Parkhurst 136 convicts out of 399 and at Dartmoor 98 out of 285 have not been visited by friends or relatives for a period exceeding two years.

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