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Friday, July 6, 1973
IMPROVED SECURITY MEASURES FOR STANLEY PRISON
Extensive alterations are to be carried out to Stanley Prison to
improve security and other aspects of the 36-year-old prison.
Announcing this today, a government spokesman made it clear that
much work has been put in hand since the recent disturbances and that more
is planned.
Improvements to security will include the provision of an internal
circular road running around the perimeter. This will be separated from
the prison area by a fence which will allow ready access for control purposes
and provide an additional barrier against attempted escapes.
Young offenders, who will be provided with their own workshop,
will be segregated from older inmates by a new fence which is to be built
around their cell block.
The main gate lodge will be redesigned to ensure more efficient
control over those entering and leaving the prison enclosure and to provide
better facilities for visiting. A metal detector will be installed in the
gate lodge to guard against the introduction of weapons and other articles.
Work is already well advanced on the conversion of accommodation
to house a visiting room, which will facilitate much closer supervision of
visits than has been possible in the past.
Proposed improvements to the general amenities of the prison include
complete renovation of kitchen equipment, installation of separate bathing
facilities for each cell block, and modification to the sewerage disposal
systems,
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