:) Thanks Ruth! Phillip Pullman called it 'barbarism' in yesterday's Guardian
and he is, of course, bang on.
I got quite a lot of feedback from change.org that people had signed from my
mail which is very encouraging, so anyone here who hasn't, please do!
cheers
m.
________________________________
From: ruth catlow <[email protected]>
To: Michael Szpakowski <[email protected]>; NetBehaviour for networked
distributed creativity <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fw: Books for prisoners - take action!
Thanks Michael
This is a horrifying development
glad to hear its inspired such a vociferous response.
now to the shelfie- what in our book collection would not scare the
living bejeezus out of Chris Grayling MP.
: )
On 28/03/2014 11:28, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
>
> HI all
> if you haven't already please sign the petition about the restriction on
> access to books for prisoners in the UK ( no formalism here -you don't have
> to be a Brit to sign!),
>
> http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/rt-hon-chris-grayling-mp-please-urgently-review-and-amend-your-new-rules-which-restrict-prisoners-access-to-books-and-family-items-in-particular-from-children-rules-which-are-inconsistently-applied-in-any-event?recruiter=2992242&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition
>
>
> and if you can, please tweet a "shelfie" (as below)
>
> warmest wishes
> michael
>
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: Mary Sweeney <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 10:26 AM
> Subject: Books for prisoners - take action!
>
>
>
> Thank you so much for signing the petition to reverse a Ministry of Justice
> ban on family and friends sending books and essentials to prisoners. You may
> have seen that a host of authors have written to the Daily Telegraph, urging
> the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Chris Grayling, to
> reconsider the Prison Service Instruction. You can see the list of eminent
> writers by visiting http://www.howardleague.org/letter-to-the-telegraph/
> The response from the public has been overwhelming, and we need to keep the
> momentum. You have already taken the first step by signing the petition, but
> you can do even more.
> The Howard League for Penal Reform is asking supporters to tweet a 'Shelfie'
> picture to @MoJGovUK, using the hashtags #booksforprisoners and #shelfie. A
> 'Shelfie' is a picture of your bookshelf and represents the books that you
> would like to be able to send to prisoners. If you don’t use Twitter, you can
> email your picture to [email protected] . An example of the tweet to go
> with your picture would read:
> .@MoJGovUK Here’s my shelfie for prisoners! @TheHowardLeague
> #booksforprisoners #shelfie
> With your help, we can make a real difference and we will be fighting for as
> long as it takes
>
>
> This message was sent by Mary Sweeney using the Change.org system. You
> received this email because you signed a petition started by Mary Sweeney on
> Change.org: "Rt. Hon. Chris Grayling MP: Please urgently review and amend
> your new rules which restrict prisoners access to books and family items, in
> particular from children. Rules which are inconsistently applied in any
> event.." Change.org does not endorse contents of this message.
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