Merfyn Turner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Merfyn Turner

Welsh prison social worker and author

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1915

Place of Birth: Penygraig, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1991

Profession: social worker

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Merfyn Lloyd Turner (20 October 1915 – 6 August 1991) was a Welsh prison social worker and author.
In World War II he was refused recognition as a conscientious objector, which led in turn to his refusing to submit to a medical examination as an essential preliminary to call-up; for this refusal he was sentenced to three months imprisonment, giving him a life-long concern for prison reform.
On release from prison, he was allowed registration as a conscientious objector, and joined the Pacifist Service Unit in Tiger Bay, Cardiff.
In 1944 he moved to the settlement Oxford House, Bethnal Green, joining fellow conscientious objectors Guy Clutton-Brock, John Raven and Peter Kuenstler.
In 1954, he opened Norman House as a halfway home for people leaving prison.He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 30 July 1962.