Mr. Conal McFeely:

In terms of the prison environment, it should be kept free from outside political interference, and that includes the British Secretary of State and the Northern Ireland Office. A good test of the new Secretary of State will be how he will deal with the unlawful detention of Tony Taylor. It will be interesting to see how he will respond to that because there is a mounting campaign on why he is being detained and the fact that due process is not being applied.