Prison service 'failed' woman who killed herself
"The grim pattern to Louise Giles's short life was set at the age of 13 when she took her first overdose.
She tried to kill herself throughout her teens, both inside prison, where staff struggled to cope with her acute psychiatric problems, and in the outside world. Three months after being sent to Durham prison, she was found dead in her cell with a ligature around her neck. She was just 20.
Recording a verdict of accidental death on Giles, an inquest jury directed a string of devastating criticisms at the Durham regime".
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.
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