Being Behind Bars Doesn't Negate Your Humanity
Anastasia Richardson
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Posted 09.03.2012
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Ken Clarke recently announced plans to end the right to compensation for prisoners injured in custody. The arguments in favour seem simple: prisoners have committed a crime, which negates their right to certain protections - including, seemingly, their protection from violence. This sends a clear message that prisoners have no right to speak up against violence in prison - even, in fact, that they deserve it.
