Event will remember Pauline

Solidarity event set to remember Pauline 2 years after her death
From the family of Mikey Powell

Families will stand in remembrance of Pauline who sadly took her life in May 2008. “We will never forget her.”

The Mikey Powell Campaign for Justice was established by the family of Michael Lloyd Powell (known as Mikey), following his death.

An event to mark what would have been Mikey Powell’s 45th birthday, and to showcase other families that have suffered the loss of a loved one in police, prison or psychiatric custody. The event will also pay tribute to Tony Egbuna Ford and others facing capital punishment in the United States.

The Highfields Centre, Leicester
15th May 2010
06.30pm to 11.30pm:
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Daughter’s death prompted women’s prisons campaign

Pauline Campbell last saw her 18-year-old daughter Sarah as she was led from Mold Crown Court on a Friday morning to start a three-year jail sentence for manslaughter. By the Saturday evening Sarah was dead, killed by a self-administered overdose of prescription antidepressants, despite telling prison warders what she had done.

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Pause a moment for Sarah…

Written by: Tippa Naphtali

The 18th January 2010 marked 7 years since the death of Sarah Campbell, who took her own life after critical failings in the duty of care owed to her by the officers and staff of Styal Prison, Cheshire.

Her mother, Pauline Campbell, took to an unflinching journey of protest and quest for justice and reforms, which saw her arrested at several demonstrations outside women’s prisons. Sadly, 5 years later, Pauline also took her own life still torn with a mother’s grief from the loss of her only child.

Pauline had been a tireless campaigner against deaths of women in custody since the tragic death of her daughter, and she was awarded the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize in October 2005. The prize is awarded each year to a woman or group who has, through their actions, writing or campaigning; raised awareness of violence against women and children.

Pauline was committed not just to campaigning but also to helping INQUEST’s work in supporting bereaved families. She was one of a number of bereaved parents who turned their own personal loss into a collective response to injustice and state neglect.

Remembering Pauline: One Year On…

originally published: May 2008

Pauline Campbell was found dead on 15th May 2008, lying on the grave of her daughter Sarah. Sarah died in January 2003 in HMP Styal.

INQUEST’s staff were very sad to receive news of the death of Pauline Campbell. We advised and supported Pauline after her 18 year old daughter Sarah died in Styal prison in January 2003 and through the long and difficult investigation and inquest process.

Her grief and anger at the horrendous circumstances in which her daughter died and the insensitive way she, as a bereaved parent, was treated after the death motivated her tireless campaigning to expose the continuing death toll in women’s prisons.