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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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