Lord Sheikh
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(14 years ago)
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Lord McNally
My Lords, one of the aspects of penal policy at the moment, with longer sentences and a larger prison population, is that there is now a significant number of older prisoners who face many of the problems that my noble friend refers to. That is one of the reasons why in our Green Paper we invite a fundamental and radical look at prisons, at what they are intended to do and at how we respond to these issues.
Lord Sheikh
My Lords, what is being done to arrange for halal meat to be served to Muslim prisoners?
Lord McNally
There is a halal option for all prisoners, and Muslim prisoners take advantage of that option.