§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why he considers necessary the censorship of prisoners' correspondence to and from their family and friends.
§ Dr. SummerskillAs I have indicated in replies to Questions by my hon. Friend on 7th and 10th April—[Vol 889, c. 360 and 442]—my right hon. Friend does not consider that every letter need be read by the prison authorities. Nor do the Prison Rules require that to be done. The experiments in reducing censorship now being conducted at open establishments apply to correspondence between prisoners and their families and friends, but the considerations involved at closed estabilshments are not identical.