HC Deb 12 February 1959 vol 599 cc225-6W
56. Mrs. Braddock

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the ill treatment of two women prisoners who were frogmarched, beaten and kicked on 18th January, 1958, in Kamiti Prison, Nairobi; and if he will institute an independent inquiry into this and other allegations of ill treatment of prisoners in Kamiti Prison.

Mr. J. Amery

I am still in consultation with the Governor about these allegations and will circulate a further reply in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

58. Mrs. Braddock

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what date in May, 1958, prisoners and detainees from the hospital compound of Kamiti Prison, Nairobi, were subject to ill treatment and forced to have their hair cut; and whether he will institute an independent inquiry into this and other allegations of ill treatment at Kamiti Prison.

Mr. J. Amery

I am still in consultation with the Governor about this alleged incident and these other allegations and will circulate a further reply in the OFFICIAL REPORT.