Killed by Britain's Prison's in 2004 ................Tina Bromley, 37, died HMP Edmunds Hill 4 January.........Harold Shipman, 57, died HMP Wakefield 13 January..........April Sherman, 27, died HMP Edmunds Hill 13 Jan.........Phillip Taylor, 32, died HMP Blakenhurst 14 January.........Philip Rustell, 19, died HMP Reading 17 January.........James Skelly, 18, died HMYOI Portland 17 January..........Craig Roach, 28, died HMP Exeter 18 January.........Vincent Palmer, 37 , died HMP Woodhill 22 January.........Kevin Murby, 47, died HMP Nottingham 23 January...........Stephen Chamber, 31, died HMP Preston 26 January..........Paul Pitts, 29, died HMP Stafford 2 February.........Terry Sawford, 23, died HMP Nottingham 4 February.........Ricky Sears, 42, died HMP Wandsworth 07 February.........Vincent Morgan, 42 , died HMP Gloucester 10 Feb.........Thomas Burns, 24 , died HMP Gloucester 15 February.........Daniel Tull, 56 , died HMP Ramby 16 February...........Sajjad Hussain, 20 , died HMYOI Lancaster Farms Feb...........Ian Deans, 35 , died HMP Holme House 20 February..........Fausal Zahid, 27, died HMP Canterbury 21 February..........Steve Martin, 47, died HMP Belmarsh 24 February...........Anthony Richards, 37, died HMP Gloucester 28 Feb..........Anwar Islam, 36, died HMP Long Lartin 28 February.........Brian Carter, 34, died HMP Shrewsbury 4 March...........Christopher Ollerenshaw, 22, HMP Leicester March...........Stanley Denyer, 47, died HMP Lewes 8 March..........Kingsley Llewellyn, 29, died HMP Norwich 14 March.........Brendon Smith, 28, died HMP Wymott 23 March.........Abidemi Folarin, 35, died HMP Brixton 25 March..........Shaun Brown, 34, died HMP Preston 27 March.........Sheena Kotecha, 22, died HMP Brockhill 3 April.........Stephen Lloyd, 25, died HMP Frankland 15 April.........Michael Minishull, 45, died HMP Liverpool 16 April..........Julie Hope, 35, died HMP Holloway 17 April.........Louise Davis, 32, died HMP New Hall 18 April.........Paige Tapp, 23, died HMP Send 18 April...........Gareth Myatt, 15, died while be restrained by three prison officers, Rainsbrook Child Prison, 19 April..........Lawrence Mellon, 43, died HMP Woodhill 28 April...........Sharon Miller, 45, died HMP Durham 8 May..........William Butterfield, 61, died HMP Shrewsbury 8 May.........Heather Wait, 28, died HMP Holloway 8 May..........Steven Green, 35, died HMP Leicester 15 May.........Spencer Smith, 30, died HMP Blakenhurst 18 May..........Nicholas Bailey, 59, died HMP Lewes 19 May...........William Hunter, 25, died HMP Durham 24 May..........David Harpe, 39, died HMP Lincoln 25 May.........Rebecca Smith, 40, died HMP Buckley Hall 1 June...........Mark Fulton, died Maghaberry Prison, 10 June..........Carl Baker, 36, died HMP Nottingham 11 June..........Stuart Horgan, 39, died HMP Woodhill 20 June...........Andrew Williams, 29, died HMP Manchester 21 June...........Andrew Elliott, 43, died HMP Manchester 23 June..........Paul Bartropp, 36, died HMP Pentonville 25 June..........Richard Webb, 33, died HMP Manchester 3 July...........Lyton Setterfield, 36, died HMP Highdown 7 July...........Edward Orr, 46, died HMP Liverpool 26 July.........Rebecca Turner, 22, HMP Low Newton 28 July...........Stephen Ram, 28, died HMP Blakenhurst 28 July.........Marie Walsh, 29, HMP New Hall 29 July..........Jason Cressey, 29, died HMP Wormwood 7 August.........Jamie Leigh, 27, died HMP Birmingham 8 August..........Jason Alldis, 33, died HMP Elmley 8 August.........Adam Rickwood, 14, Hassockfield Child Prison 9 August...........Brendan Flynn, 28, died HMP Wakefield 11 August...........Michael Briggs, 41, died HMP Leeds 12 August..........Robert Finch, 45, died HMP Exeter 14 August...........Lee Nottingham, 30, died HMP Shrewsbury 19 August...........Stephen Badaj, 39, died HMP Dartmoor 23 August.............Benjamin Gibson, 19, died HMP Norwich 25 August...........Steven Hush, 44, died HMP Acklington 26 August.............Richard Carter, 33, died HMP Leeds 26 August............Abdul Omar, 28, died HMP Wormwood Scrubs, August.............Stephen Woods, 23, died HMP Bullingdon 28 August...........Phillip Parvin, 30, died HMP Shrewsbury 31 August...........Mark Keeling, 31, died HMP Shrewsbury 1 September.............Shaun Hazelhurst, 28, died HMP Manchester 4 Sept...........Patrick Kilty, 32, died HMP Manchester 04 September.............Kenneth Morris, 50, died HMP Acklington 17 Sept............Anthony Dunne, 19, died HMP/YOI Rochester Sept.............Raymond Goodwin, 44, died HMP Norwich 27 Sept...........hah Rahman, 23, died HMP Brixton 28 September............Raymond Horrocks, 24, died HMP Wakefield 29 Sept.........John Baxter, 25, HMP Hull 3 October.........Stephen Davis, 49, HMP Pentonville 10 October.........David Hull, 32, died HMP Kingston 12 October...........Mandy Pearson, 37, died HMP Newhall 12 October.........Damien McCrae, 26, died HMP Manchester 13 October...........Mairi Taylor, 20, Cornton vale Prison, 13 October .........Katherine Jones, 19, HMP Brockhill 15 October.........John Manana, 24, died HMP Leicester 15 October...........Andrew Mackintosh, 49 Aberdeen Prison, 18th October...........Andrew Maguire, 34, died HMP Durham 21 October...........Paul Calvert, 40, HMP Pentonville 24 October..........Jason Thompson, 26, died HMYOI Werrington 1 Nov.........Michael Arthurs, died Peterhead Prison, 14 November ...........Daniel Sawford, 22, died HMP Lincoln 16 November.........Roman Piho, 33, died HMP Wormwood Scrubs 23 Nov.........Robert Robertson, died Barlinnie 12 December.........Name Withheld, 49, died Maghaberry Prison 12 December.........Mark Franks, 31, died HMP Liverpool 13 December...........Derek Crook, died Castle Huntly Prison

Links to other websites

Site title Description
325 magazine Exellent site for up to date news on prison struggles from all round the world. Has loads of articles on anti-fascism, state control, No Borders etc. Highly recommended
Action for Prisoners Families Action for Prisoners' Families promotes the just treatment of prisoners' families by the prison system and society across the UK. It encourages the development of, and acts as a voice for, organisations providing support to these families.
Aftermarth Aftermath exists to provide support to the families of serious offenders. Aftermath also aims to educate and promote public awareness of the suffering borne by the families of serious offenders
Amnesty's Death Penalty Web Pages The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment

It violates the right to life

It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments
Aviva An amazing resource of listings of women's groups & events worldwide, updated monthly.
Cageprisoners A site which campaigns on behalf of those held in Guantanamo Bay. Full of the latest news on those being held hostage in the US prison as well as campaign news.
Campaign against prison slavery Lots of companys in britain, and around the world, use prisoners as cheap labour.The  CAPS site gives details on who is exploiting this captive work force and shows how profit comes before any notion of rights. 
Campaign for Gay Prisoners A new organisation. Website still under contruction (April 2004).
Campaign Women website focusing on campaigns against sexism in society, advertising, strip clubs and other issues in the UK.
Contra Flow Subversive free news sheet. Part of the national Free Information Network
Corporate Watch Critical journal focusing on the activities of multinational business and corporate finance
Counter Information (Scotland) Newsletter aiming to assist in struggle against injustice, oppression and exploitation
EARTH FIRST! UK ACTION UPDATE A monthly roundup of ecological and other direct action news & forthcoming events in UK.
Fair Trials Abroad The Fair Trials Abroad Trust [FTA] seeks to help citizens from the European Union accused of a crime in a country other than their own, to assert their rights to due administration of justice.
Fax your MP If you've got something to rant to your MP about, why not fax them for free via this brilliant and useful page.
Feminist.Com American site, with many feminist resources, including on anti-violence.
Filiarmonici Italian site against every kind of prison. Many texts, letters, documents available. (In Italian)
Free Mark Barnsley Justice for Mark Barnsley Campaign Bulletin
George Monbiot On-Line Articles by George Monbiot
HARINGEY SOLIDARITY GROUP Publishes Haringey Community Action. Networks with many non-aligned/libertarian/autonomous groups.
Help and Advice for Relatives of Prisoners HARP operate a free and confidential telephone help-line service, for the families and friends of prisoners. Calls are also welcomed from professionals.
Human Rights watch Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.

We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice.
Innocent -FIGHTING MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE INNOCENT is a Manchester-based organisation which supports and campaigns for innocent people in prison.

INNOCENT is made up of families, friends and supporters of wrongly convicted prisoners who have come together in order to help each other. It is an independent organisation.
Inquest - United campaign for Justice
INQUEST was founded in 1981 by friends and families of people who had died in custody to campaign against police and prison related deaths and for changes to the Coroner's Court system. INQUEST monitors deaths in custody throught England & Wales - in police custody and at the hands of the police, in prison, in young offenders institutions and in immigration detention centres.
Inside and Innocent This site highlights the case of Susan May, a woman from Royton, Oldham (UK) whose murder conviction of her elderly Aunt we believe to be unsafe. She has served 9 years
INSTEAD OF PRISONS: A HANDBOOK FOR ABOLITIONISTS Instead of Prisons: A Handbook for Prison Abolitionists - Online edition. Amazing book summarizes the research on prisons as of the 1976 writing and discusses the strategy of abolition. For example, how do we pick reforms to fight for now that make our long term goal of abolition easier to obtain?
International Circle of Penal Abolitionists Organizers of the biannual ICOPA conferences.
Jeanette Winterson On-line The journalist and writer's personal page, featuring some interesting articles on various topics, personal comments, views on the news, and feminist issues.
Justice for John Taft campaign This web site seeks to highlight a miscarriage of justice. John Taft was wrongfully convicted of murder and is serving a life sentence in a British prison
Justice for Women Justice For Women is a feminist organisation that campaigns and supports women who have fought back against or killed violent male partners.
LEICESTER RADICAL ALLIANCE / GRASSROOTS Independent radical magazine published by a broad alliance of people working to change the world.
megabus

This is a good place to get cheap travel. It does have it's limits, for instance you do need a credit card to pay for the tickets and the service only goes to most major cites & towns. But when you can get from London to Sheffield for £5, on the train, it's worth looking into.

The reason It's been put on here for those who want to get to demos but can't afford full fares, which is most of us.

Mumia Abu-Jamal :-The Freedom Journal
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a political Prisoner convicted for his political beliefs.
He is now facing imminent state slaughter
NETWORKING NEWSLETTER - MANCHESTER Bimonthly newsletter, contacts listing and clash avoidance calendar for Manchester campaigns.
Out Side IN A Support group for Lesbian and Gay people in UK prisons.

Appears not to have been active since 1998.
Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group The aim of this web site is to help anyone who knows someone in prison find their way about the prison system and also to gain knowledge on what support is available for families in the community
PEACE NEWS Quarterly publication for nonviolence, pacifism, human rights, liberation
PEACE PLEDGE UNION (PEACE MATTERS) The oldest pacifist organisation in UK, part of worldwide network with War Resisters International
Postcards from Prison Postcards from Prison is a non-profit site deidcated to raising awareness of imprisonment and punishment.
Prison Activist Resource Centre
A great Web Site -lots of links and loads of ideas which we intend to look at carefulk to see which ones would transfer to the UK
Prison Privatisation Report International (PPRI) Prison Privatisation Report International (PPRI) is published 6 times per year and reports on:

global developments in the privatisation of prisons, detention centres and other elements of the criminal justice system.

the performance of the leading companies

current academic and government research

campaigns against privatisation
Prison Talk Online Community The Global Communications, Support & Information Nexus for Inmates' Families & Friends which was conceived in a prison cell, designed in a halfway house, and funded by donations from families of ex-offenders, to bring those with an interest in the prisoner support community a forum in which their issues and concerns may be addressed by others in similar circumstances and beliefs. NB This is primarily an American site
Prisoners Abroad Prisoners Abroad, is the only UK charity providing information, advice and support to Britons detained overseas, their family and friends, and to released prisoners trying to re-establish themselves in society.
Protest Camps List of active Protest Camps in UK (some Europe details as well)- includes contact details
Red Pepper Red Pepper, independent magazine of the green and radical left.
Reprieve -Capital Punishment On-line Resource Reprieve provides effective legal representation and humanitarian assistance to impoverished people facing the death penalty at the hands of the state in the US and the Caribbean.
SCHNEWS / THE BOOK Weekly newsletter, from Brighton Justice, on active campaigns for social justice.
SQUALL Magazine Online SQUALL Magazine Online is a forum for radical quality journalism and photography. It presents accessible and factually reliable investigations into issues which the mainstream media dare not touch. SQUALL is independent of any political group or commercial proprietorship.
State Watch monitoring the state and civil liberties in the European Union
the Campaign to Close Campsfield Close Campsfield campaigns to:

Close Campsfield, other detention centres, and detention wings in prisons;
Stop immigration detentions and imprisonment;
Stop racist deportations;
Repeal immigration laws which reinforce racism.
The F-Word The F-Word is an online magazine dedicated to talking about and sharing ideas on contemporary UK feminism
Undercurrents Alternative News and Video reports on environmental, animal rights, peace and social justice issues.
Womankind WOMANKIND Worldwide is the only UK-based charity dedicated to women's development and women's human rights globally. Our vision is of a future society in which women can take their place as equal partners in determining the values, direction and governance of their community and country - for the benefit of all. Aiming to ensure that women's rights are recognised, we believe that the best people to help women are women themselves.
Women in Prison Women in Prison (WIP) was established in 1983 as a support and campaigning group for women prisoners.
We visit women in prison and offer practical help and advice on a number of matters. We respond to events, address issues and inform debate on all aspects of women's imprisonment. We believe that a better understanding of what prison is, and what it does to people, should lead in the short term to improvements for prisoners, and in the long term to the dismantling of the present prison system
www.ik.com The web's premier supplier of quality build your own web sites for all sizes of business. Not forgetting of course the FREE services to education organisations.
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