HC Deb 11 April 1983 vol 40 c342W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many strip searches were made of female prisoners in Her Majesty's prison, Armagh, in the period 1 March to 31 March; how many prisoners were involved; and on how many occasions each prisoner was so searched.

Mr. Prior

During the period 1 March to 31 March, 145 strip searches were carried out on 25 female inmates in Her Majesty's prison, Armagh. Individual prisoners were searched the following number of times:

Number of prisoners (25) Number of searches in each case
2 21
2 18
1 16
1 6
1 5
3 4
1 3
11 2
3 1