§ 18. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to What extent psychiatric treatment of prisoners has been extended over the past five years; and how far this has proved beneficial.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe amount of time given to the psychiatric treatment of prisoners by the visiting psychotherapists has increased, and there have been developments of technique. Arrangements have also been developed under which psychiatrists working under regional hospital boards interview short-sentence prisoners with a view to treatment being58W continued after release; and prison medical officers in appropriate establishments have been encouraged to give an appreciable amount of minor psychiatric treatment in cases not calling for more intensive treatment. The benefit derived, while not easily assessed, has been substantial.