§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what 197W proposals he has in mind to improve security and morale in category A prisons.
§ Mr. JohnMeasures to improve the security at Parkhurst Prison are already in hand, and security measures throughout the dispersal system are the subject of continuous review and improvement. Because of the nature of dispersal prisons and the particular pressures on staff who work in them special attention is paid to the problems arising from the containment of their difficult populations.
§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has in mind to relieve the overcrowded conditions within Her Majesty's Prisons; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. JohnI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdare (Mr. Evans) on 18th November.—[Vol. 919, c.652–3.]