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The Spirit and the Fighter…
Pauline Campbell – lives remembered
16th May 2008
Photographs of Pauline remembering some of the women who died in UK prisons in the last 5 years.
The audio from the demonstration to remember Jamie Pearce, aged 24 who died at Holloway on December 10th 2007, includes an interview with Pauline. The picture displayed (left) was taken at the annual family rally & procession in Trafalgar Square in September 2003, alongside the many other affected familes.
Pauline Campbell 1948-2008
15th May 2008
It is with great sadness that I report the death of Pauline Campbell whose body was found at the grave of her daughter Sarah this morning. She was an inspiration to all who knew her, both activists and journalists alike. She fought for years for the rights of those whom the government and society would try to forget.
Pauline’s Story
Introduction: Tippa Naphtali
4WardEver Campaign
The following article was originally put together as a tribute to Pauline Campbell in March 2006, to be featured on the 4WardEver Campaign website. The following was written by Pauline at our request, and we were honoured to give this strong and courageous woman a platform to share her views, and encourage others to become involved in the fight for reforms that are already long overdue.
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Pauline Campbell
Trustee of the Howard League for Penal Reform
Awarded the 2005 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize
My 18-year-old daughter, Sarah, died while on ’suicide watch’ in the so-called care of HMP and YOI Styal, Cheshire, in January 2003. She experienced Styal’s brutal regime for just 24 hours before dying of prescription anti-depressant drug poisoning.
Strip searched twice on arrival at the jail, she was taken to the segregation (punishment) block, and isolated, with sensory deprivation (i.e. no television, no radio, and no-one to talk to).
Despite knowing that she had ingested an overdose, prison staff (including a nurse) walked out of the cell, locked the door, and left her alone. She vomited blood and vomit while alone in the cell. There was a delay of 40 minutes before an ambulance was summoned. On arrival at the prison gates, it was held up for eight minutes before being allowed in.
