§ 4. Mr. C. Pannellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now state the result of the inquiries made into recent happenings at Her Majesty's Prison, Armley, Leeds.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerOn the coroner's instructions, the police investigated allegations made by a number of prisoners that officers had thrown water into the cell of a prisoner who died in Leeds Prison, wetting him and his bedding. At the adjourned inquest, the police expressed the opinion that the allegations had not been substantiated, and the verdict was death from natural causes.
Similar allegations made by six prisoners in petitions to me were investigated, at my request, by the Visiting Committee, who found them to be false and malicious, and to justify a charge against the prisoners under the Prison Rules. The prisoners were placed on report and punished.