§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many strip searches were made of female prisoners in Her Majesty's prison Armagh in the month of April; if he will give the number of persons involved and the number of times each prisoner was searched; whether any prison contraband, smuggled items or illegal correspondence were discovered in any of the searches, indicating which items; and in how many cases prisoners refused to be searched and had to be restrained while the search was being conducted.
§ Mr. ScottDuring April 25 strip searches were carried out on 17 female inmates in Her Majesty' s prison, Armagh. Individual prisoners were searched the following number of times:
Numbers Prisoners 8 9 Searches in each case 2 1 No prohibited articles were found during found these searches, and no prisoners refused to be searched