Pauline Campbell

EDM number 1714 in 2007-08, proposed by John McDonnell on 05/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights and Prisons.

That this House notes with sadness the passing away of Pauline Campbell, a tireless, brave and committed campaigner who highlighted the shocking number of deaths of women within the prison system; further notes that since the death of her daughter, Sarah Campbell, who died in Styal Prison of a self-inflicted death in 2003, Pauline was a dedicated activist who fought to improve the treatment of women within the criminal justice system; and therefore resolves to continue Pauline's campaign to argue for a urgent and radical change in the way women are treated throughout the criminal justice system and in particular, to call for a fundamental redesign of custody whereby custodial sentences for offenders should primarily be reserved for serious and violent offenders.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.