§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are made for young children of mothers in prison to make visits outside the prison; and whether he is proposing
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ENGLAND AND WALES Establishments for Male Offenders Establishment CNA Total population Number of untried inmates Number of convicted inmates Remand Centres Brockhill … … … 177 170 104 66 Low Newton … … … 159 225 79 146 Risley … … … 559 786 426 360 Thorp Arch … … … 101 169 109 60 Ashibrd … … … 400 458 238 220 Latchmere House … … … 130 160 55 105 Cardiff … … … 67 123 37 86 Exeter … … … 46 57 20 37 Pucklechurch … … … 115 92 32 60 Winchester … … … 62 118 49 69 Local Prisons Bedford … … … 170 278 41 237 Birmingham … … … 602 1,014 135 879 Leicester … … … 238 375 102 273 Lincoln … … … 354 549 140 409 Shrewsbury … … … 170 206 7 199 Durham … … … 665 972 81 891 Leeds … … … 592 1,009 180 829 Liverpool … … … 1,045 1,454 6 1,448 Manchester … … … 948 1,262 2 1,260 Brixton … … … 649 971 749 222 Canterbury … … … 242 327 101 226 Lewes … … … 321 355 79 276 Norwich … … … 312 452 55 397 Pentonville … … … 931 1,129 125 1,004 Wandsworth … … … 1,197 1,479 — 1,479 Wormwood Scrubs … … 1,007 1,441 — 1,441 Camp Hill … … … 12 1 — 1 Bristol … … … 389 606 29 577 Cardiff … … … 273 413 42 371 Dorchester … … … 164 232 24 208 Exeter … … … 282 478 28 450 Gloucester … … … 218 337 21 316 Oxford … … … 161 276 76 200 Swansea … … … 267 326 27 299 Winchester … … … 424 583 106 477 any improvements in the present arrangements.
§ Dr. SummerskillA governor has discretion to grant temporary release to a sentenced woman prisoner to allow her to visit other relatives with her child; and careful consideration would be given to any request that a child should have such a visit without its mother. I have no reason to suppose that these arrangements are not working satisfactorily