NACRO Organiser (Prison Visits)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 December 1973.

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Photo of Mr Robert Carr Mr Robert Carr , Mitcham 12:00, 6 December 1973

It is no good pretending that this is an easy matter, because it is not. In considering the current attitude of the prison officers one has to remember what they suffered not much more than a year ago, partly because of the activities of PROP. They are human beings, as we are, and we cannot expect them to forget what happened. I do not think that the attitude is directed personally at Mr. Curtis, but it is a strong feeling which the prison officers have towards PROP and for the moment towards anyone who as recently as just over a year ago played an active part in it. I am not saying that this will—I hope it will not—persist for all time. We must be understanding and persuasive on both sides of this question.