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fßrttlsh Official Wireless.) (Received September 17, 1.40 p.m.) RUGBY, September 16. The Home Secretary (Sir Samuel Hoare), continuing his visits to prisons, flew yesterday from Norfolk to Devonshire and inspected the Dartmoor convict prison. He found the prison comparatively empty, for the present population of Dartmoor is less than 300— one of the lowest figures on record, j Thirty years ago there were 1200 prisoners there. Sir Samuel Hoare had several talks with convicts and examined their work, food, exercise, and cells. He also inspected and addressed a parade of prison officials.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 68, 17 September 1937, Page 10
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