§ Mr. Michael McGuireasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in England and Wales are protesting by refusing to wear prison clothes, and in which prisons, giving the numbers in the respective prisons; how many prisoners in England and Wales are making a so-called "dirty" protest, and in which prisons, giving the numbers in the respective prisons; and, in each case, to what (a) disciplinary action and (b) other loss of privileges the prisoners are subject.
§ Mr. BrittanTwo prisoners at Albany and two at Wormwood Scrubs are protesting by refusing to wear prison clothes. Those at Albany have been adjudicated upon by the governor under paragraph 18 of prison rule 47 have received successive awards of 14 days non-associated labour, forfeiture of privileges, stoppage of earnings and loss of remission on each occasion when they have refused to dress and return to normal location from the segregation unit where they serve their awards. Those at Wormwood Scrubs are 575W held in the segregation unit under prison rule 43 in the interests of good order and discipline. They are not subject to disciplinary action but they are not allowed association, associated labour, radios or personal possessions while they remain in the unit.
No prisoners are making any type of "dirty" protest.