This from the Daily Telegraph.
Phone message breached inmates rights
By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent
Last Updated: 1:50am GMT 21/03/2007
A prisoner won a landmark legal challenge yesterday after complaining that his human rights were breached by a recorded message on all his telephone calls from jail.
Stewart Potter, 43, who is serving a 21-year sentence for assault and robbery, claimed that a message announcing that his calls were coming from a prison was "unnecessary and embarrassing".
A judge at the Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled that the system was unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights.
advertisement
Lord Glennie added that when Potter telephoned home, the message would remind his family, and particularly his children, that he was in prison. Potter is held at Glenochil Prison, Clackmannanshire. Phone message breached inmate's rights.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
I had the same problem with my telephone messages. In my case, my messages were preceeded with "Hello, this is Madame Kit-kat's massage parlour. Your husband has left a personal message for you which will now follow".....
ReplyDelete