Monday, March 22, 2010
The Prisoner Vote
If you think prisoners should have the vote and want to make your opinion known, visit http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/VotesForAll/
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Ben
Lecturing
About Me
- prisonerben
- United Kingdom
- Previously known as "one of Britain's best known prisoners...he constantly questions authority and exposes the futility of the system" The Times, Ben was finally released from prison after 32 years in August 2012. Pleading guilty to the murder of a friend when he was 14 years old, he renounced violence and fought for the recognition of the inherent dignity of all human beings. As a result of speaking truth to power, he served far longer than the recommended 10 years, leading Education Secretary Michael Gove to argue that he had "been punished excessively for a crime committed as a child". One of the more intellectual of prisoner-campaigners, Ben chose to educate himself from schoolboy level to having both undergraduate and post graduate degrees. He is currently one of very few prisoners in Britain ever to attempt a Doctorate. Ben's speciality is non-violent action and the Human Needs Theory. Now on Life Licence, He is forging a career as a CJ policy consultant, writer and - as ever - campaigner.
Indeed I go, I'll pop over there now.
ReplyDeleteOf course prisoners should vote - they are part of our community too.
ReplyDeleteHave signed and am encouraging everyone I know to do so too.
Me too done- have signed, how can prisoners who are paying for their crimes not be allowed to vote when we have criminals in Parliament who are voted for by ordinary law biding citizens? Good luck Ben!
ReplyDeleteExactly - florence!
ReplyDeleteGood to see all you above on the petition - please could others sign - we must have at least one name for every prisoner - that means we need to get more than 84000 signatures - we must surely get people like Ben a vote!
ReplyDeleteSince the general election was called, I have heard politicians talking about health, education, the elderly, defence, the economy etc. So far I haven't heard anyone refer to our prisons. I wonder why....
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