HC Deb 10 July 1984 vol 63 cc519-20W
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 month of June; if he will give the number of persons involved and the number of times each person was searched; whether any prison contraband, smuggled items or illegal correspondence was discovered in any search, indicating which items; and in how many cases prisoners refused to be searched and had to be restrained while the search was being concluded.

Mr. Scott

During June, 38 strip searches were carried out on 24 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 3
12 2
11 1

No prohibited articles were found during these searches and no prisoners refused to be searched.