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The Geneva Convention, 1949
This document sets out the laws its signatory nations agreed to follow around the treatment of prisoners of war, those in medical need, and civilians.
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Committee on the Prison Disciplinary System: Report and Papers
Catalogue reference: HO 318
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HO 318
The report, minutes, evidence, and other papers of this Committee, which was set up in 1984 to examine arrangements for dealing with alleged disciplinary offences by prisoners.
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HO 318
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee on the Prison Disciplinary System: Report and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1980-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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The report, minutes, evidence, and other papers of this Committee, which was set up in 1984 to examine arrangements for dealing with alleged disciplinary offences by prisoners.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Committee on the Prison Disciplinary System, 1984-1985
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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247 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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- Topics
- Prisons
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The committee was appointed by the Home Secretary in May 1984, under the chairmanship of Peter J Prior Esq CBE DL, to examine the arrangements for dealing with alleged disciplinary offences by prisoners. Its terms of reference were 'to consider the disciplinary offences applying to prisoners, and the arrangements for their investigation, adjudication and punishment, having regard in particular to:- ( i) the need within custodial institutions for a disciplinary system which is swift, fair and conclusive; (ii) the extent to which it is appropriate to use the ordinary criminal law, courts and procedures to deal with serious misconduct by prisoners; (iii) the connection with the investigation of related allegations by prisoners about their treatment; (iv) the pressure on prison and other criminal justice resources; and to make recommendations'.
The report of the committee, Volume I (Cmnd 9641-I) and Volume 2 (Cmnd 9641-II), was published in October 1985: a copy is in HO 318/1
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9182/
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