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11 October 1977: The return of Victoria Kent
LIZ PARRY / RACHEL HAYNES
On 11 October 1977 the press gathered at Madrid's Barajas Airport to meet one very special passenger. After nearly four decades in exile, Malaga-born Victoria Kent set foot once again on Spanish soil. On arrival the former lawyer and politician, ... Director General of Prisons between 1931 and 1933. During Kent's stay in Madrid in 1977, the newspaper El País reported that she addressed a group of around 40 lawyers at a dinner held to exchange opinions on the prison system prior to a much-needed penal