Prison-death demonstration, London, Monday 9 July 2007
Pauline Campbell | 02.07.2007 20:42 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | South Coast
Holloway Prison, Parkhurst Road, London, N7 0NU
Monday 9 July 2007, 1.00 pm, for the duration of the afternoon
Demonstration to protest against the death of a woman prisoner
Marie Cox, aged 34, died in the 'care' of the jail on 30 June 2007
Reporters/photographers are welcome to attend
Monday 9 July 2007, 1.00 pm, for the duration of the afternoon
Demonstration to protest against the death of a woman prisoner
Marie Cox, aged 34, died in the 'care' of the jail on 30 June 2007
Reporters/photographers are welcome to attend
(1) A peaceful demonstration will be held outside HMP Holloway; banners will be displayed and flowers laid in memory of Marie.
(2) Marie Cox is the sixth woman to die in prison this year.
(3) In 2006, three women prisoners died. At the half-way point in 2007, the figure is already double that of last year's death toll.
(4) Figures refer to apparently self-inflicted deaths; England and Wales.
(5) All prisoners are owed a legal duty of care, and have a right to life under Article 2, European Convention on Human Rights.
(6) Demonstration will be led by Pauline Campbell, mother of Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, 18, who died in the so-called care of Styal Prison, Cheshire, in 2003.
(2) Marie Cox is the sixth woman to die in prison this year.
(3) In 2006, three women prisoners died. At the half-way point in 2007, the figure is already double that of last year's death toll.
(4) Figures refer to apparently self-inflicted deaths; England and Wales.
(5) All prisoners are owed a legal duty of care, and have a right to life under Article 2, European Convention on Human Rights.
(6) Demonstration will be led by Pauline Campbell, mother of Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, 18, who died in the so-called care of Styal Prison, Cheshire, in 2003.
Pauline Campbell
