Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prisons – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 December 1958.
In view of the fact that I recently called the Minister's attention to the case of a young man in Birmingham who was in prison on remand for several months before having his trial and then was placed on probation, and in view of the fact that an eminent judge has recently called attention to this state of affairs, will the Under-Secretary consider whether it is possible for some further accommodation to be provided for such a large number of people awaiting trial rather than that they should be kept in prison? Would not that reduce the prison population considerably?