A Forty Minutes documentary
Scott is a 16-year-old schoolboy. In breach of our national Prison Rules and European standards, he sits in a cell at Brixton Prison on remand, accused of murder.
During the day he mixes with convicted adults who await transfer to other prisons. No date has been fixed for Scott's trial.
Brixton is our biggest remand prison, and it is in crisis. The
Governor has to accept whoever is sent from the courts: terrorists, routine offenders, the sick, the suicidal or, like Scott, school-boys. Conditions are appalling.
Three sleep in cells designed for one. There are four lavatories for a wing housing more than 300.
Many men spend months there. Some, more than a year. After trial four out of ten are either released or acquitted. Scott has already been in Brixton for five months. *
Film cameraman mike SOUTHON Film sound GEORGE CASSEDY Film editor jane VAL BAKER
Executive producer / ROGER MILLS Producer
HARRY WEISBLOOM