PRISON NEWSPAPERS.
<> EXPERIMENT IN BRITAIN. LONDON, March 9. The first prison newspapers are about co make their appearance in Britain. They will consist of several foolscap sheets run off on a duplicator and published weekly. The sheets will be distributed to every prisoner in his cell, where he will be allowed to keep it. The experiment is being tried at Parkhurst and Exeter. If it is found to be successful it will be generally extended. At present the policy of the Prison Commissioners is to keep convicts in touch.with world events through the chaplain or some official who reads once a week a summary of the week's happenings to the assembled convicts. Now what has been said verbally will be typed out and duplicated. The spoken bulletins sometimespass over the heads of the slower-witted prisoners. The news sheets will be edited by the prison governors and contain a brief summary of the principal public events at home and abroad. Crime news, however, is strictly ruled out, as is news of horse racing, to prevent betting, although results of such classics as the Grand National and the Derby will be included.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20836, 21 April 1933, Page 17
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