... LIFE IN DARTMOOR PRISON. A CRIMINAL'S STORY, WHliam O’Donovan (27), engineer, of Seven Dials, who was convicted at the London .Session©, yesterday, on indictment charging him with being an habitual criminal, gave the court the following description of ...

... DARTMOOR GAOL HORRIBLE PLACE SHOULD BE SHUT” PRISON OFFICER’S VIEW Dartmoor Prison is not fit for prisoners or staff, and the Home Secretary .who closes it will have rendered a service to civilisation, declared Mr. Tom Callan, the chairman, at the conference ...

... r NEW SECURITY MEASURES STOP GETAWAY Daring Dartmoor break MASS break-out at Dartmoor Prison defeated yesterday the improved introduced prison rangements which have been ince the Mountbatten report The attempted break-out by eight prisoner was well planned ...

... EVENING MAIL THURSDAY MAY 22 1986 Runaway caught Police have captured runaway prisoner from Cheltenham who escaped from Dartmoor prison working party Brian O’Dell (22) who is serving 30 months was caught six hours after his escape Centre plan Regency Window ...

... Secretary of State, wrote’to Dr. Kenedy, acknowlodging his letter, and adding : Directions have been given the authorities at Dartmoor Prison to allnw you to have interview with the convict Arthur Orton of two hours’ duration. This permission oanuot extended the ...

... CONVICTS AT DARTMOOR. So many convicts have lately tried to escape from Dartmoor Prison that it almost looks ...

... OUGHT TO. 'The annual sale of Dartmoor Prison stock included many sheep, which, however, made poor pric«,' although one pen of fine ■wethers realised SOs. fid. head. Wo suppose that the Home Secretary has had the common courtesy to this news tho old ...

... Association officials are to visit Dartmoor Prison to investigate complaints by members of the association of indiscipline among convicts. Mr. H. Cronin, secretary of the association, said yesterday that recently a Dartmoor Prison warder, transferred there at ...

... HE OUGHT TO. “The annual sale Dartmoor Prison stock atdtaded many sheep, which, however, made poor prices, ' although one pen fine wethers realised SOx. 6d. a head. We suppose that the Home Secretary has had the common courtesy telegraph this news the ...

... ESCAPE FROM DARTMOOR. TWO CONVICTS BOLT IN A FOG The Press Association telegraphs that two convicts escaped from Dartmoor Prison during a heavy fog ten o’clock this morning. The two convicts formed a portion of tho only party at work outside the prison ...

... floggings, for garotte robbery. then protested innocence, but underwent flogging, and w*as in due course transferred Dartmoor prison. On Saturday the governor visited his cell, and announced that he had received her Majesty's pardon and would immediately ...

... ROOF ACT A convict climbed roof of one of the main buildings of Dartmoor Prison to-day, ripped some of the slates from the roof, smashed some of the skylights, and then suddenly disapneared through the last one he had broken. The incident, w-hich lasted ...