Friday, June 5, 2015
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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.
My sister met Ben at one of his uni talks last year. She said he was a creepy looking dude with yellow fingers (LOL) but still enjoyed what he had to say. Kinda makes me a little uncomfortable though if he's receiving payment for these engagements. Maybe crime does pay after all if you don't mind waiting 20 years in prison to start a career.
ReplyDeleteHoward League talks are done for free...
Delete"Creeping looking dude with yellow fingers"
ReplyDeleteWell that's a new one. All these videos are the same, he just talks the same old codswallop every time at his university lectures. Must have been all round the UK circuit by now. The heart's in the right place but we're not learning anything new from these videos after you've seen them a couple of times.