HL Deb 01 April 1982 vol 428 cc1566-7WA
Lord Brockway

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What action they propose to take on the report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons on conditions at Gartree Prison at Market Harborough which states that prisoners are locked in their cells for 14 or 15 hours a day, that evening classes are cut to one evening a week and that good work facilities are under-used.

Lord Belstead

I would refer the noble Lord to my right honourable friend's statement accompanying the report, a copy of which is on the Library. Evening classes on two nights a week will be introduced from the beginning of the autumn term, and workshops will be more fully used as the number of prisoners is increased. Efforts to increase the time which prisoners can spend out of their cells are continuing.