§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many strip searches were made of female prisoners in Her Majesty's prison Armagh in the month of December; if he will give the number of persons involved and the number of times each prisoner was searched; and whether any prison contraband, smuggled items or illegal correspondence was discovered in any of the searches, indicating which items.
§ Mr. ScottDuring December 1983, 41 strip searches were carried out on 29 female inmates in Her Majesty's prison, Armagh. Individual prisoners were searched the following number of times:
Number of prisoners Number of searches in each case 1 4 9 2 19 1 No prohibited articles were found during these searches.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what changes have been introduced into the regularity of strip searches in Her Majesty's prison, Armagh.