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| Restrictions put on jail parties | Restrictions put on jail parties |
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| Restrictions on parties in prisons have been announced after a newspaper published photos of a party with a "horror" theme at Holloway jail. | Restrictions on parties in prisons have been announced after a newspaper published photos of a party with a "horror" theme at Holloway jail. |
| The pictures, which appeared in the Sun, showed women prisoners in Hallowe'en-style outfits in 2007. | |
| The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the party was "completely unacceptable". | The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the party was "completely unacceptable". |
| A spokeswoman said Justice Secretary Jack Straw had ordered that such events "won't happen again at Holloway or any other prison" in England and Wales. | |
| Fancy dress | Fancy dress |
| "The event last year wasn't justified," the spokeswoman said. | "The event last year wasn't justified," the spokeswoman said. |
| The ban would apply to events which were "out of normal routine and with absolutely no justification," she added. | The ban would apply to events which were "out of normal routine and with absolutely no justification," she added. |
| The pictures show women in fancy dress including vampire, witch and devil costumes. Some are daubed with fake blood. | |
| Inmates at the women's prison in north London include convicted murderers. | Inmates at the women's prison in north London include convicted murderers. |
| But the Ministry of Justice would not confirm the Sun's claim that the party was held in Holloway's Life Sentence Unit. | |
| Brian Caton, general secretary of the Prison Officers Association, said the story did little for the "credibility of either the prison governor, [or] the prison staff". | |
| He told the BBC: "It doesn't do anything as far as I can see on the rehabilitation or the safe custody of prisoners. It just seems to me plainly stupid." |