Prisoners (Solitary Confinement)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 July 1964.

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Photo of Mr Henry Brooke Mr Henry Brooke , Hampstead 12:00, 9 July 1964

I assure the hon. Gentleman that governors of prisons adhere strictly to Rule 43 of the new Prison Rules which have been approved by the House. It is a very frequent practice when recidivist prisoners are sentenced to more than four years in prison to remove them from association for the first weeks of their sentence. I have no information as to what might have happened since yesterday.