Guardian journalist Erwin James on why prisoners should be allowed to vote
Posted: May 7, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: discrimination, ECHR, Erwin James, General Election, right to vote 1 CommentFormer prisoner argues that the ban on prisoner voting is discriminatory.
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Erwin James spent 20 years in prison before his release in 2004. He is now a Guardian journalist and author of A Life Inside. He wrote this post for Prison Watch UK to argue that prisoners’ right to vote has nothing to do with criminality and is simply a form of discrimination.
Do you think British prisoners should have the right to vote?
Posted: May 6, 2015 Filed under: Audiovisual, Facts & stats | Tags: ECHR, Election 2015, EU, General Election, History, Prisoners, Public Opinion, right to vote Leave a commentTell us your thoughts on whether prisoners should be able to vote or not
A ballot form that prisoners will not be filling out this general election. Source:Lost_Star/Flickr
Prison Watch UK’s analysis of the recently launched manifestos show only two parties mentioning the ‘prison vote’. The Green party supports prisoners’ right to vote while UKIP wish to uphold the status quo.
But we want to know what you think. Should prisoners be allowed to vote?
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