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Article: Howard fires prison chief over debacle

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October 17, 1995
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HEATHER MILLS

Home Affairs Correspondent

Derek Lewis, the head of the Prison Service, was sacked yesterday after a damning inquiry into the Parkhurst escape - amid claims that he was being "scapegoated" for the errors of the Home Secretary.

Michael Howard resisted opposition calls to accept the blame for a Prison Service, judged by Sir John Learmont's inquiry to be in deep crisis, and to resign. Mr Lewis immediately went on the offensive, accusing the Home Secretary of political interference and blurring lines of responsibility.

The controversy is bound to undermine Mr Howard yet further, following last week's extraordinary assault on his new sentencing proposals by Lord Taylor, the Lord ...

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