§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that in Her Majesty's prisons there are educated prisoners capable of doing useful technical and literary work, but whose powers are wasted by being confined to unsuitable physical work; and to what extent such prisoners are tested, and in what manner, with a view to placing them in productive work suitable to their powers, with a view to enabling them to continue such work when they leave prison.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerIt is not possible for a prisoner such as the hon. and learned Member has in mind to be employed in prison on the kind of work for which he is equipped by his education and would wish to follow after his release. His daily work must lie within the range of industrial training provided by the prison in which he serves his sentence, or within a limited range of clerical work. There is ample scope for such men to follow their special interests and increase their knowledge and skill in their leisure time.