Sharp words draw threat
LX Z Press VtAocintion > < HASTINGS, Nov. 24. < A National government ] woliid stop direct correspon- < dence between the Minister I of Justice and prisoners, thelj party spokesman on law and!order and prisons (Mr D. S < Thomson) said in Hastingsil today. Mr Thomson said he had 1 spoken to prison officers at ' Mount Eden and thev were “hot under the collar" about i the practice, which had be-G gun under the Labour Mints- j ter of Justice (Dr Finlay). | He said warders told him j that if they spoke perhaps ail little too sharply to a pri-'l soner they were told to watch I it or they would write a let-h ter to the Minister of Justice <
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34009, 25 November 1975, Page 2
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119Sharp words draw threat Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34009, 25 November 1975, Page 2
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