§ 53. Mr. Adamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many outbreaks of disorder have occurred in prisons in the Birmingham area during the past 12 months; and how these com- 58W and three of the additional officers are already in post. I am not satisfied that any further increase is called for. The difficulties in the way of offering permanent relief to the overcrowding at this and other prisons were referred to in some detail by my hon. Friend the Joint Under-Secretary of State in the course of a debate on 5th February last.
§ 55. Mr. Adamsasked the Secretary 01 State for the Home Department how many prisoners are held in Wandsworth Prison; what is the number of officers on the staff; and how these figures compare with the average for all prisons in the country.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeThe following table gives particulars for all men's prisons in England and Wales but distinguishes those which, because the three-shift system is there in operation, are not comparable with Wandsworth. The table includes, but distinguishes, officers in specialist grades (hospital officers, cooks and bakers, officer instructors and works staff).
The ratio of staff to prisoners varies, even as between prisons of the same class, on account of the geographical lay-out and other factors.
pare with the general average for the country.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeThe answer to the first part of the Question is "None." There have been two outbreaks of disorder in other prisons in England and 59W Wales during the past 12 months—the recent disturbance at Wandsworth, and a disturbance at Parkhurst on 19th April.