5010 x 3354 px | 42,4 x 28,4 cm | 16,7 x 11,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
16 gennaio 2008
Ubicazione:
Holloway Prison, Holloway, London, England, UK
Altre informazioni:
Pauline Campbell's daughter Sarah died in Styal Prison in 2003. It took the Home office four years of her campaigning to admit responsibility for her death and liability for the breach of Sarah's human rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. Her daughter's death led Pauline to protest around the country on behalf of other women who died in prison, and she gained the 2005 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize for her campaigning, as well as becoming a trustee of the Howard League for Penal Reform. Arrested many times she was seldom taken to court and in 2007 was acquitted when the judge threw the case out of court. An inspector and seven police officers lined the roadway leading into Holloway, restricting the demonstration to a small area of pavement and then complaining that it was obstructing this. I watched on several occasions as SERCO vans carrying prisoners drove into the prison; Pauline Campbell attempted to rush out and talk to the driver and persuade them to stop, but police held her back. On several occasions they handled her quite roughly, but on one the officer having stopped her, then pushed her firmly in the back, sending her flying to the ground. Like all who knew her, I was very impressed by Pauline's energy, organisation, conviction and courage. It was a great blow to hear of her being found dead beside her daughter's grave in May 2008. Pauline had hoped to use this series of pictures to take police to court for her mistreatment - and gain further publicity for her cause.
