Senior Judge decrees: Prisoners should not be deprived of their civil rights!

A convicted armed robber has won a landmark legal action claiming that a recorded message on his calls from prison breached his human rights.

The prisoner, who is at Glenochil in Clackmannanshire, said the words - "This call originates from a Scottish prison" - also "inhibited his social rehabilitation" and was embarrassing.

A 21 year sentence for assault and robbery, still, being robbed and or assaulted is in no way embarrassing so I can see where he is coming from.

A judge at the Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled that the message was unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Lord Glennie cited Article 8 of the Convention, which provides that everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.

Well, the European Convention on Human Rights is there to protect us all and to ensure that we are all respected in terms of our privacy and in our homes. Still, being robbed or assaulted in no way undermines the respect shown to the victims, so I can see where he is coming from.

He said: "In some societies it might be regarded as obvious that a person convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to a period of imprisonment should, for the duration of his imprisonment, be deprived of his civil rights.

It seems totally obvious to me, and I am sure it does to the vast and overwhelming majority of law abiding citizens of this country.

"Such a notion has no place in our society."

What the $%&*!

One thing is clear, in this country under NULabour and the current judiciary -

justice, decency and honesty, such notions have no place in our society.