§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the complaint that prisoners on remand awaiting trial are treated as if they were ordinary prisoners; and can he make arrangements whereby they receive more humane consideration until their guilt is established?
§ Sir J. SIMONWhen persons are committed to prison on remand or while awaiting trial it is inevitable that they should be subjected to certain restrictions, but there is no foundation for the suggestion that they are treated as if they were convicted prisoners. On the contrary, they are treated under special prison rules, which are designed to secure that their detention shall be as little oppressive as is consistent with safe 703W custody and with the due preservation of order and discipline in the prison.