PRISON VISITOR

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30210, 15 August 1963, Page 11

PRISON VISITOR

Foreigner Banned i I (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) ' LONDON. August IL J The name of a wealthy i foreigner has been removed from Britain's official list of prison visitors, the “Daily Express" reported. A Home Office spokesman said tonight: “The man now has no access to any British prison." The foreigner was asked to resign after a meeting of the Prison Visiting Board at Wormwood Scrubs Gaol, London, about two months ago. the newspaper said.

A report about the foreigner, made by another prison visitor, came before the deputy governor ot Wormwood Scrubs, Mr J. K. Beaumont. the “Daily Express" reported. Mr Anthony Foley, who was an inmate of Wormwood Scrubs at the time of the foreigner’s resignation, saw Lord Denning on Thursday. He talked with Lord Denning, who is inquiring into the security aspects of the Profumo affair, for 75 minutes.

Among the 700 prisoners in Wormwood Scrubs are the spies. George Blake, Henry Houghton, Peter Kroger. Gordon Lonsdale, and John Vassall.

Prison visitors are appointed by the Prisons Department of the Home Office, usually on the recommendation of a prison governor and a prison chaplain. Each has a list of prisoners for whom he makes himself responsible, visiting them about once a week.

The “Daily Express" did not name the foreigner. It said he had offices near the Strand and a flat in Knightsbridge.