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

This is not a matter of anything being overlooked. I said that it is the general practice that when a recidivist is sentenced to a long term of imprisonment he is removed from association for a period in the first instance. This is extremely desirable in the public interest.