HC Deb 30 March 1933 vol 276 c1200W
Dr. SALTER

asked the Home Secretary the number of prisoners at present accommodated at Pentonville prison; the approximate area of the prison yards not occupied by buildings of any sort; and the number of bodies which have been buried in the prison precincts during the last 25 years?

Sir J. GILMOUR

The number of prisoners at this prison is about 850; the approximate area of yards, etc., not occupied by buildings of any sort is 4½ acres; and the number of bodies buried in the prison precincts during the last 25 years is 48.