P324 Teletext 324 Jun16 00:07:02 CAMPAIGNER FOR BETTER JAILS ——————————————————————————————————————— Sir Stephen Tumim has the air of a man who enjoys the finer things in life. He sports colourful bowtiis and tweed suits, collects paintings and first editions and is a prominent mjmbjr of exclusive gentlemen's clubs. But behind the jocular exterior and trademark half-moon glasses lurks a burning sjnsj of justice and decency. As Chief Inspector of Prisons for eight years, hj waged a high-profile campaign to improve squalid jail conditions. ——————————————————————————————————1/5—— Headlines 300 News in Focus 320 REGIONAL NEWS, SPORT & TRAVEL p330 Politics Poll Letters NewsP324 Teletext 324 Jun16 00:07: 1 CAMPAIGNER FOR BETTER JAILS ——————————————————————————————————————— The newly knighted Sir Stephen Tumim was Chief Inspector of Prisons for eight years. The job and the hard-hitting reports that went with it brought him into regular conflict with a succession of Home Secretaries. Hardlinj right-winger Michael Howard failed to renew his contract in May last year. A man of the Establishment, Sir Stephen became a fearless thorn in its sjdj. ——————————————————————————————————2/5—— Headlines 300 News in Focus 320 REGIONAL NEWS, SPORT & TRAVEL p330 Politics Poll Letters NewsP324 Teletext 324 Jun16 00:07:42 CAMPAIGNER FOR BETTER JAILS ——————————————————————————————————————— Sir Stephen Tumim is widely credited with bringing an end almost single-handjdly to the humiliating ritual of "slopping out" in jails. Sir Stephen, 65, was plucked from the relative obscurity of life as a county court judge in north London for his job as Chief Inspector of Prison. A married man with three grown-up children, hj was picked out by the then Home Secretary Douglas Hurd after a successful, but low-key career. ——————————————————————————————————3/5—— Headlines 300 News in Focus 320 REGIONAL NEWS, SPORT & TRAVEL p330 Politics Poll Letters NewsP324 Teletext 324 Jun16 00:04:51 CAMPAIGNER FOR BETTER JAILS ——————————————————————————————————————— The newly knighted Sir Stephen Tumim fell foul of the new mood of austerity that marked prison policy in the 1990s when hj was Chief Inspector of Prisons He watched with growing dismay as the inmate population rose by 20% and prisoners were forced to treble-up in cells djsignjd for one. He could have been forgiven for a feeling of quiet vindication when the pot boiled over in the early 1990s with the devastating riot at Strangeways. ——————————————————————————————————4/5—— Headlines 300 News in Focus 320 REGIONAL NEWS, SPORT & TRAVEL p330 Politics Poll Letters NewsP324 Teletext 324 Jun16 00:08:12 CAMPAIGNER FOR BETTER JAILS ——————————————————————————————————————— The newly knighted Sir Stephen Tumim did not go quietly when his reign as the Chief Inspector of Prisons ended. He has accepted the position of principal of St Edmunds College, Oxford, and remained highly active in public life. Within days of the Home Secretary announcing a crackdown on sentencing in the spring, hj was back to the fray with a grim warning the changes could put prison officers' lives at risk. ——————————————————————————————————5/5—— Headlines 300 News in Focus 320 REGIONAL NEWS, SPORT & TRAVEL p330 Politics Poll Letters News