Maximum Security On Isle Of Wight

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30977, 5 February 1966, Page 15

Maximum Security On Isle Of Wight

(N.Z.P.A. Reuter—Copyright)

LONDON, Feb. 4.

A new prison block crammed with electronic warning devices and modern amenities awaits top security prisoners at Parkhurst, on the Isle of Wight.

Three of the great train robbers—Douglas Goody, Thomas Wibey and Roy James—are expected to be moved there soon to complete their 30-year sentences.

the £2.5m train robbery in August, 1963. The new gaol will be virtu-

ally escape proof. Television cameras will continually scan the outside wall of the block. Other cameras will keep a continuous watch on the exercise yard. Movements Monitored An intricate system of alarms will monitor movement in the prisoners’ cells. The two-storey block is painted in blue and white. There is a gay curtain over the window at the entrance. The cells are light and airy with red coverlets on the bunks, plastic tiled floors, rugs, and polished wood tables. Recreation facilities include a billiards table, dart board, television, radio, and a big library.

The three are now in Durham gaol for their part in

The prisoners will have three large exercise yards and a big open area where they could walk, with space for the construction of a garden.

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