I have already taken action, although it will not have instant effect, to end the use of padded cells in prisons. There are other things on the debit side which people might find much more serious, For example, I have no hesitation in saying I found slopping out by prisoners, many of whom are occupying cells on a multiple basis, degrading. I am doing my best to ensure that, instead of waiting for some ultimate reform of the entire structure of our prisons over a period, every possible step is taken as a matter of urgency to introduce in-cell sanitation. Some Senators may be aware that when Mountjoy Prison was originally built, sanitation facilities were provided in every cell. It was not a very satisfactory system because it entailed having continuous running water through a privy in the corner of every cell. Nevertheless, it is remarkable that the Victorians could install a system of in-cell sanitation while in the beginning of the 21st century we are told there is a technological or financial barrier to putting modern sanitation into prison cells. That is a bad thing.