HC Deb 21 January 1918 vol 101 cc693-4W
Mr. WHITEHOUSE

asked the Home Secretary whether Robert Mennell, a prisoner in Maidstone Prison, for speaking to a sick man received as punishment a week of punishment diet, a month of solitary confinement, and an additional month of imprisonment; and whether this was in accordance with the Regulations?

Sir G. CAVE

The answer is in the negative. The prisoner was reported for forcing his conversation on another prisoner, and after a caution he repeated the offence. The punishments imposed for the two offences together involved only three days' close confinement, with punishment diet and the loss of five days' remission. The punishments were in accordance with the rules.