HC Deb 14 May 1981 vol 4 cc311-3W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Home Department whether, in the light of the decision not to prosecute or to bring disciplinary charges against

Sentence
Fine Detention centre Borstal training Suspended sentence Immediate imprisonment
Unlawful import or export of cannabis
1976 252 2 37 259
1977 333 1 7 71 268
1978 341 1 1 53 176
1979 400 1 72 299
Permitting premises to be used for unlawful purpose involving cannabis†
1976 208 3 2 37 37
1977 173 2 1 41 35
1978 192 1 1 28 29
1979 206 1 30 32
* The same person may be sentenced for more than one offence involving cannabis.
† Offences relating to the use of premises for smoking cannabis are included in this category but cannot be separately identified.

individual members of staff, he is satisfied that maltreatment of prisoners did not take place at Dartmoor during the period investigated.

Mr. Mayhew

Proof that allegations about events some time in the past do or do not have any foundation in fact is inherently difficult to establish with certainty. The evidence from police investigations was not found to justify either prosecutions or disciplinary charges against members of the staff of Dartmoor prison.

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