§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the number of strip searches made on female prisoners at Her Majesty's prison
Number of searches July August September October November December January February March April May 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 Total number of searches carried out 34 32 37 36 31 41 19 18 66 31 31 Total number of inmates searched 24 21 29 26 19 30 14 17 51 23 24 Number of prisoners searched once 17 11 22 16 12 21 9 16 42 15 17 Number of prisoners searched twice 6 9 6 10 6 8 5 1 3 8 7 Number of prisoners searched more than twice 1 1 1 nil 1 1 nil nil 6 nil nil Reason for search First admission on remand/ awaiting trial 11 7 12 8 7 10 5 9 13 7 8 First admission on sentence/ final discharge 8 12 9 20 9 16 9 7 4 13 16 Attending remand court nil nil nil nil 1 nil nil nil 4 nil nil Attending trial nil nil nil nil 1 1 nil nil nil nil nil Inter prison visit 4 4 10 4 2 3 1 2 6 2 2 Prison visit nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Pre-release home leave 6 8 6 2 9 7 2 nil 4 8 5 Compassionate home leave 4 nil nil nil nil 1 nil nil nil nil nil Visits to outside hospital nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Returning from bail application nil nil nil nil nil nil 2 nil nil nil nil Attendance at court for bail nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Fines paid nil nil nil 2 nil nil nil nil nil 1 nil Working out scheme nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Bail granted 1 1 nil nil 2 3 nil nil 1 nil nil Suspected security compromise nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil 34 nil nil
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prisoners were charged with disciplinary offences, and which offences, following disturbances at Her Majesty's prison Maghaberry on 2 March.
§ Mr. MatesOn 2 March 1992 a full search of the female section of Her Majesty's prison, Maghaberry was carried out.
As a consequence of their refusal to co-operate in full searching, 22 prisoners were charged with disobeying a lawful order. Ten of these prisoners were also charged with offending against security and good order of the prison; of these, five were further charged with commiting an assault.