§ Mr. Manuelasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in which Colonies and Protectorates it is the practice to attach chains to the ankles of prisoners, and to what categories of prisoners this treatment is applied.
§ Mr. Hopkinson,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 8th December, 1954; Vol. 535, c. 953–4], supplied the following information:
Local Regulations provide for the use of leg irons or ankle fetters for the restraint of prisoners according to different circumstances in the following Territories:
Jamaica, Northern Rhodesia, Kenya, Tanganyika, Nigeria, Somaliland Protectorate, Gold Coast, Leeward Islands, Bahamas.The extent to which such restraints are used in practice is not fully known, however, and full information on the subject will be circulated as soon as it is available.