Jailhouselawyer's Blog

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.

Friday, June 25, 2010

'Partial victory' on Taliban prisoners challenge

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'Partial victory' on Taliban prisoners challenge An anti-war activist today won "a partial victory" in her High Court chal...

White supremacists jailed over 'vicious' online messages

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White supremacists jailed over 'vicious' online messages Two white supremacists were jailed today after being convicted of posting v...

Playing hangman with a hung Parliament

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Playing hangman with a hung Parliament The irony of voting for a hung Parliament and the fact that I have been advised that as the governme...

Open letter to Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North

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Open letter to Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON SW1A 0AA Thursday 24th June 2010 Dear Mr Hirst I note that yo...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Judge criticises council over £50,000 case

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Judge criticises council over £50,000 case Council bosses who spent more than £50,000 investigating and prosecuting a couple who ran a dirty...
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WTF? £150,000 trickster must pay back £1!

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WTF? £150,000 trickster must pay back £1! " Mitigating, Michael Hodson said Charlton was not motivated by self interest but had been tr...
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Motorbike flying high in the sky

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Motorbike flying high in the sky A superbike-shaped hot air balloon, owned by George White superbikes in Swindon, flies above Swindon Pictur...

French cannibal prisoner who ate cellmate's lung sentenced to 30 years

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French cannibal prisoner who ate cellmate's lung sentenced to 30 years The French prisoner who killed his cellmate and then sliced open ...
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Warning to all prison law practitioners

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Warning to all prison law practitioners I can give you some inside information that our old "friend", Mark Leech, has been up to h...
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MPs claim £10m expenses in 6 months for costs others pay out of their wages!

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MPs claim £10m expenses in 6 months for costs others pay out of their wages! Whilst everybody else either has to pay out of their wages, or ...

Kenya prisoners win right to vote in landmark ruling

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Kenya prisoners win right to vote in landmark ruling A court in Kenya has ruled that prisoners will be allowed to vote in a referendum on a ...

Is the Sun going down for Murdoch?

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Is the Sun going down for Murdoch? The Parliamentary Council of Europe (PACE) has said that there is a " concentration of power and mon...

Democracy in action?

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Democracy in action? The Parliamentary Assembly of the Concil of Europe (PACE), yesterday " proposed a set of measures aimed at enhanci...

Americans say prison does not work!

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Americans say prison does not work! * 75% of Americans polled disagree with the statement that “the prison system in the U.S. does a goo...
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Repeal s.3 campaign

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Repeal s.3 campaign I went down to London yesterday with the intention of speaking at this event. I got past the security arrangements at t...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Police, prisons and probation 'failing to tackle child gangs'

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Police, prisons and probation 'failing to tackle child gangs' Heads of the three independent inspectorates for prisons, probation an...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Travellers move on to site of Gloucestershire Police HQ

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Travellers move on to site of Gloucestershire Police HQ A group of travellers have moved on to land earmarked for a new £20m divisional head...

Jailed ex-Met commander Ali Dizaei refused appeal

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Jailed ex-Met commander Ali Dizaei refused appeal Disgraced police commander Ali Dizaei has been refused leave to appeal against his convict...

Boy, 16, locked up for 'loss of face' killing

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Boy, 16, locked up for 'loss of face' killing A 16-year-old boy who fatally stabbed a former friend over a "loss of face" ...

The truth will out – except, perhaps, in the US

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The truth will out – except, perhaps, in the US Human rights laws and greater transparency have improved administration of justice internati...
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John Hirst Hull, East Yorkshire, GB "Who is John Hirst?" the Sun online questioned the day after the UK lost its appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in the prisoners votes case. The profile was not very informative nor flattering. But, I don't like the Sun either so we are quits. I was born, at 2 I was put into Dr Barnardo's Homes. What they called care, we refer to it as physical and sexual abuse. I drifted into crime, and spent 35 years in prison. In spite of the system, I reformed and rehabilitated myself with the support of some within and outside of the system. I was transformed from a law breaker into a law-maker. I am firmly committed to prisoners rights, and am a campaigner for penal reform. I live in a 3 bedroom terrace house within a cul-de-sac, and have a dog as a companion. My Latvian friend keeps invading my space and telling me I need a wife. She does keep the house clean and tidy, but loves my dog and calls him her boyfriend... Recently, Viking FM have asked for advice and reports for the news on radio on Criminal Justice issues. In addition, I used to write regularly for Inside Time the National newspaper for prisoners.
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