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Prisoners Rights

Can the Tories - or Any Government - Be Trusted With Human Rights?

Mikey Smith | Posted 28.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Chris Grayling, Democracy, Andrew Marr Show, Human Rights, Prisoners Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Disenfranchisement, Prison Reform, UK Politics, Penal Reform, UK Politics News
Mikey Smith

Sickening though the thought of sharing genetics with them may be, rapists remain human beings. A person's humanity can neither be removed nor relinquished - no matter how disgusting their crime. So if we consider, as per the UDHR, that the right to vote is a natural, human right, the only limit can be humanity

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Britain's Forgotten Prisoners

Gemma Lousley | Posted 15.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Immigration Detention, Detention Advice Service, Immigration Detainees, Prisoners, Foreign-National-Prisoners, Jails, Crime, UK Politics, Prisoner's Rights, Chris Grayling, Immigration Policy, UK Politics News
Gemma Lousley

A more sparing use of immigration detention is clearly needed; we would argue that its use should be exceptional.

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Why Should We Give Prisoners the Vote?

Ellie Dawes | Posted 23.07.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK, Human Rights, Prison, Voters, Voting Rights, Prisoners, Democracy, Prisoners Rights, Europe, Voting, UK Politics News
Ellie Dawes

Quite a few people who I like and respect have spoken to me recently saying something along the lines of 'Can you believe they are telling us we should give prisoners the vote? Why the hell should prisoners have the vote?'

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