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Inquiry into Prison Disturbances April 1990. Read indexed debates, questions, statements and early day motions, with links to the original parliamentary records.

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JUSTICE FOR REMAND PRISONERS

Early Day Motion House of Commons
Joyce Quin · Labour
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That this House is deeply concerned at the increase in the numbers of prisoners held on remand which have grown from 5,600 in 1975 to 10, 500 in 1989; condemns the fact that many remand prisoners are locked up for lengthy periods each day and that many are obliged to share cells with convicted prisoners; deplores the fact that large numbers of remand prisoners have to wait many months, or even years, before coming to trial; notes with dismay that the Woolf report stated that conditions for re...

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