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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.
lol Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it is illegal to take and publish photos of prisons for security reasons.
ReplyDeleteYep, illegal as hell!
DeleteHey - it's not a photo of a prison it is a photo of an EX prisoner. Good luck Ben
ReplyDeleteTo annoy the Guardian readers you could call it "The long walk to freedom"
ReplyDeleteKeeping you locked away for over 30years, you would of thought the bastards could of pushed your trolley out to the damn car park for you? I feel at ease now, knowing that you are finally outside, in our world!
ReplyDeletewelcome back, we missed you
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