Question Time: Drug Decriminalisation – Event in Leicester this Thursday
March 26, 2017
Midlands Archive
Please sign the Online Petition against a New Mega Prison in Leicester
March 19, 2017
Please sign this online petition against the new mega-prison in Leicester: https://www.change.org/p/blaby-district-council-stop-the-new-mega-prison-in-leicestershire For more information about the prison please visit: http://www.cape-campaign.org/leicester/
Demonstration at the Planning Committee in Leicester
March 15, 2017
Demonstration at the Planning Committee Meeting Where: Blaby District Council Offices, Desford Road, Narborough Leicestershire, LE19 2EP When: Thursday 30th March 2017, 3.30pm – 5pm What: Come and demonstrate outside the Council Offices to influence the Planning Committee to REJECT …
More mega-prisons won’t fix a broken society
February 15, 2017
Source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/rebecca-roberts/more-mega-prisons-wont-fix-broken-society The British government is building more prisons to lock up more people in the most incarcerated country in Europe. In the next few weeks a new mega prison, HMP Berwyn, in north Wales, will open its gates and …
Take Action to Stop the New Mega Prison in Leicestershire
February 9, 2017
The situation: Leicester is set for a new Mega Prison which could have serious repercussions for local people, as well as those harmed by the prison system. Local Group, Leicester Prison Resistance, have asked for solidarity to help fight this …
Building Warehouses of Suffering and Death: The case against the new prison in Wellingborough
January 24, 2017
This post is a transcript of Dr David Scott’s talk at the January 10th Public Meeting in Wellingborough. There is a sickness haunting the prison service in England and Wales. This sickness – a ‘penal malaise’ – which systematically generates …
Take Action to Stop the New Mega Prison in Wellingborough
January 20, 2017
The situation: Wellingborough is set for a new Mega Prison which could have serious repercussions for local people, as well as those harmed by the prison system. On this page you will find information about how to object to the …
Public Meeting: What impact will a New Prison in Wellingborough have?
December 20, 2016
When: Tuesday 10th January 2017 5-7pm Where: The Victoria Centre, 46-50 Palk Road, Wellingborough, NN8 1HR Why is a new prison being built when there are cuts to essential services? What impact could the prison have? Could the site be …
Public Meeting in Oxford: Opposing prison expansion in the Midlands & Beyond
November 26, 2016
When: Thursday 8th December 2016 7-9pm Where: Oxford Action Resource Centre, Princes St (junction with Cowley Rd), Oxford OX4 1DD Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/202699146851887/ About: This November, the Government announced plans to build two new mega prisons in the Midlands. One …
Film Showing & Discussion in Leicester
November 20, 2016
Members of Community Action on Prison Expansion and the Empty Cages Collective will be joining this great event in Leicester: When: Tuesday 6th December 2016 7 – 11pm Where: Duffy’s Bar, 18 Pocklingtons Walk, Leicester, LE1 6BU Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/545718008954973 …