Prisons: In-cell Sanitation Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Prisons: In-cell Sanitation

Lord Anderson of Swansea Excerpts
Tuesday 12th October 2010

(14 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord McNally Portrait Lord McNally
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It is true, as my noble friend said, that Grendon has a particular and very challenging regime—it is a therapeutic prison. It is perhaps surprising that it should be a prison that does not have in-cell facilities. However, the question is whether we keep the real benefits, which I think my noble friend would acknowledge, of what goes on there in the therapeutic approach to prison for some very difficult prisoners. The toiletry situation is a problem, but it is managed by the electronic locking system. On balance, I would prefer to keep the success of Grendon as a therapeutic prison, even with the downside of the lack of in-cell facilities.

Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait Lord Anderson of Swansea
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Are women’s prisons completely free of this uncivilised practice?

Lord McNally Portrait Lord McNally
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Yes, my Lords.