Regina v Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte O’Dhuibir and Another: CA 27 Feb 1997

The insistence on the use of glass screens and no physical contact between a prisoner and visitors was in exceptional circumstances upheld even for visits by friends and relatives.

Citations:

[1997] EWCA Civ 1110

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedRegina v Secretary of State for The Home Department Ex Parte Simms HL 8-Jul-1999
Ban on Prisoners talking to Journalists unlawful
The two prisoners, serving life sentences for murder, had had their appeals rejected. They continued to protest innocence, and sought to bring their campaigns to public attention through the press, having oral interviews with journalists without . .
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Updated: 18 August 2022; Ref: scu.141506