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Prisons: in brief

01 May 1992

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* Eleven unsentenced male prisoners under 25 committed suicide while in prison custody in 1991. Hansard written answers, 12.2.92.

* In the wake of the fourth death of a young prisoner at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution since last August, the Howard League for Penal Reform is to set up an inquiry chaired by Anthony Scrivener QC, former Chairman of the Bar. Since January 1990 there have been a total of 175 deaths in prison custody. Independent 24.3.92; Commons Hansard 6.3.92 col 750.

* Health experts called for immediate implementation of a prisoners' health care charter following revelations of appalling delays in receiving treatment for prisoners. Wandsworth Community Health Council reported on cases such as that of a man in a diabetic coma who was not allowed out of Wandsworth jail until handcuffs were found, and that of a prisoner with suspected cancer who waited for nine months before being referred to hospital, and another six months for treatment. The Home Office said that Wandsworth's report was being studied. Independent 2.4.92.

* Category A prisoners would be denied the right to take grievances to the new independent complaints adjudicator under new Home Office proposals. A consultation paper on prisoners' complaints, in the wake of the Woolf Inquiry's recommendations on more justice in prisons, suggests excluding serious offenders from complaining about categorisation, allocation, transfer and approved visits 'for security reasons'. Independent 26.3.92.

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