No More Prison - Members Information
"we need to create productive conversations and develop activism among different groups. We need activists, of course, but also intellectuals and scholars, people from the labor movement, women's movement, prisoners, former prisoners. We need to learn how to talk to and with each other. We need to develop new vocabularies.......we have to recognize our own potential power" Angela Davis
Members Newsletters
No More Prison October and November newsletters are available to download at the bottom of this page in pdf format.
Members Meeting 28th October 2006 London
At the meeting it was agreed:
However it was also agreed we should look at having two larger meetings/conferences each year. We agreed to look at holding a conference in late January in Birmingham. David agreed to contact David Wilson and Joe Sim and John agreed to contact Azrini. Discussed following this up with a film show.
The groups finances are OK - Genea is keeping detailed accounts.
No More Prison October and November newsletters are available to download at the bottom of this page in pdf format.
Members Meeting 28th October 2006 London
At the meeting it was agreed:
- To produce some badges and stickers out of our funds (Action John McF)
- To see if Inside Time would run an article about us so that Prisoners could get in touch/join (Action Pauline)
- To continue to produce "Members Newsletters" in the format of the last one (Action John M)
- To see if WIP's new Magazine would run an article about us (Genea to action)
- To produce a series of leaflets setting out NMP's position on issues like "the dangerous few"; what are the alternatives etc. (David to action) (Members to be asked for ideas of areas to be covered.
However it was also agreed we should look at having two larger meetings/conferences each year. We agreed to look at holding a conference in late January in Birmingham. David agreed to contact David Wilson and Joe Sim and John agreed to contact Azrini. Discussed following this up with a film show.
The groups finances are OK - Genea is keeping detailed accounts.
Previous Meetings
A report on the Prison Abolition Seminar held in January 2006 - click here
Notes of the members meetings held on the 25th Februrary and the 1st April can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate icon at the bottom of this page.
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- Pictures and report from the 2006 United Friends and Family demonstration
- Report of Styal demonstration to protest death of Valerie Hayes held on 18th May 2006
- Demonstration to protest against the death of Valerie Hayes, aged 42, who died on 10 May 2006, while in the 'care' of Styal Prison, Cheshire
- Styal Demo - 6th April Full Report
- Response to Prison Inspectors Report on Styal published May 2006
- Report on the demonstration held outside New Hall Prison on the 10th May 2006 to protest against the death of Kelly Louise Hutchinson, aged 22, who died on 1 May 2006.
- No More Prison - Local Groups/Campaigns
- Join No More Prison
- Close Styal Campaign - Organisers required - e-mail us if you can help
- Close Styal Campaign - help required writing "The case for Styal's closure - e-mail to help
- Website writers and editors to develop this site - e-mail us to volunteer
- Committee Members required - volunteer before the AGM