PRISON UNREST
TROUBLE SPREAPS IN BRITAIN. CAUSES FOR RESENTMENT. GUARDS CANNOT STAND STRAIN. (United Press Association—Copyright.! (Received This Day, 1.40 p.m.) LONDON, November 17. Blood-curdling shrieks and foul oaths marked the spread of the prison unrest to Hortield Prison. Disturbances at Dartmoor, Exeter, Chelmsford, Lewes and Cardiff have caused the prison officers to state that they cannot stand the strain much longer. The disturbances are believed to be due to resentment at the premature release of some prisoners at the beginning of the war, the loss of privileges, such as visits from relatives, and the refusal of the Home Office to allow smoking in the cells.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 33, 18 November 1939, Page 6
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