§ 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 October; if he will give the number of persons involved and the number of times each person was searched; whether any prison contraband, smuggled item 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. ScottDuring October, 30 strip searches were carried out on 18 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 1 3 7 2 9 1 No prohibited articles were found during these searches and no prisoner refused to be searched.