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‘Criminalising Children In The Care System’ by John Bowden (UK) 2012
June 11th Day of Solidarity with long-term prisoner John Bowden called by ABC Leeds.
Criminalising the behaviour of working class children and feeding them into the Criminal Justice System is a practice that has existed for generations and is now responsible for Britain having the unenviable reputation of Europe’s worst jailer of children in terms of the numbers imprisoned.
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Parole Board Stitch-up
John Bowden writes about his treatment at the hands of a megalomaniac social worker and an all too acquiescent Parole Board. Further articles by John, and others about his current situation and what you can do to help, can be found on this site.
n June of 2011, the Parole Board for England and Wales finally carried out its statutory obligation to review my continued imprisonment after 32 years of captivity. Its official terms of reference were clear and straightforward; to be reassured that I represented no risk or danger to the public, (the main legal criteria determining whether a life sentence prisoner is safe to be released or not), and that I could be safely managed or supervised in the community beyond prison.
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Lettera di John Bowden sulla criminalizzazione della Croce Nera Anarchica
John Bowden è prigioniero nelle carceri inglesi da più di 25 anni. Condannato per un omicidio non premeditato, nel corso della sua vita in carcere ha cominciato a politicizzarsi e contribuire alle lotte dei detenuti. La sua costante attività di denuncia delle brutalità e delle violenze subite dai prigionieri, si è tradotta in un accanimento nei suoi confronti: dai pestaggi alle torture psicologiche.
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