Wormwood Scrubs Prison borstal wing, London

Jul. 07, 1968 - Inside Wormwood Scrubs Borstal: Mr. Callaghan, the Home Secretary, speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, said that no satisfactory long-term solution to overcrowding at the Borstal-training allocation wing at Wormwood Scrubs prison was possible other than new buildings. It was not true that boys were continuously kept locked in cells unless they were undergoing punishment, he said in reply to Mr. Hogg ( C. Marylebone), Shadow Home Secretary. Answering Mr. Shinwell (Lab. Easington) he said he had invited a press photographer and a reporter to visit Wormwood Scrubs and see conditions for themselves. The wing had given concern for some time. Like too many other parts of the penal system, it was overcrowded. Short- term improvements were in hand. Photo shows inmates collecting their tea meal in the Wormwood Scrubs prison, Borstal section, yesterday. picture taken during the Home Office arranged visit following Home Secretary's reference to Borstal in Parliament yesterday

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