How sad it was on Wednesday to travel to Styal without Pauline.She would have been so angry ,and fuming all the way there, about the fact that Alison was the mother of an eleven year old daughter.
How hard it was to stand watching the vans going into the prison unchallenged.
We cannot accept the everlasting mantra from the Home Office that "lessons will be learnt"every time a woman dies in prison.
Friday, 30 January 2009
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Styal Pictures.
A series of pictures from the Styal demonstration taken by Frances Laing http://www.questionersgardentime.blogspot.com
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Preparing for tomorrow's demonstration at Styal Prison, Cheshire
Preparing for tomorrow's demonstration outside Styal prison. 1.p.m tomorrow.
The call for protest comes after the latest self-inflicted death of mother Alison Colk at HMP Styal on 8 January, 2009.
The campaigning organisation ‘INQUEST’ has referred to Styal as:
‘ a prison with a disturbing history of deaths of vulnerable women’.
INQUEST SAID:
"It is deeply shocking that a woman has died one day into her sentence. Vital questions need to be asked about what possible justification can there be in sentencing a woman to just 28 days. Despite high level scrutiny of Styal prison, serious concerns remain about the safety and quality of life for women held there and why lessons from previous deaths appear not to have been learned. Unless more women are diverted from prison the increase in self inflicted deaths and the associated high levels of self harm, mental distress and family disruption will continue". Deborah Coles, for INQUEST
Inquest have put together a list of all the women who have died of self-inflicted deaths at Styal since 2000 which includes information on the progress of their inquests.
The call for protest comes after the latest self-inflicted death of mother Alison Colk at HMP Styal on 8 January, 2009.
The campaigning organisation ‘INQUEST’ has referred to Styal as:
‘ a prison with a disturbing history of deaths of vulnerable women’.
INQUEST SAID:
"It is deeply shocking that a woman has died one day into her sentence. Vital questions need to be asked about what possible justification can there be in sentencing a woman to just 28 days. Despite high level scrutiny of Styal prison, serious concerns remain about the safety and quality of life for women held there and why lessons from previous deaths appear not to have been learned. Unless more women are diverted from prison the increase in self inflicted deaths and the associated high levels of self harm, mental distress and family disruption will continue". Deborah Coles, for INQUEST
Inquest have put together a list of all the women who have died of self-inflicted deaths at Styal since 2000 which includes information on the progress of their inquests.
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