Prisoners' Advice Service: Prisoners' Rights Debate
3 May 2011, 6.45pm, Hogan Lovells, London
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Prisoners' Advice Service is hosting a lively evening of discussion on prisoners' rights, the impact of legal aid cuts, and prison reform programmes.
The panel will include former cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken; Lord Ramsbotham, former Chief Inspector of Prisons; Michael O'Brien, author, campaigner and one of the so-called 'Cardiff Newsagent Three'; Elaine Player, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Law, King's College; Maya Sikand, a barrister specialising in human rights cases at Garden Court Chambers; Harry Fletcher, Assistant General Secretary of NAPO; Joe Black, Campaign Against Prison Slavery; Khalid Sofi, Partner at Johns and Saggar Solicitors. Guardian columnist Erwin James will chair the debate.
Tickets are free on a first come, first served basis. To book, email alli.wakefield@hoganlovells.com. There is a maximum of two tickets per application.
PS Please note the time change: the debate will now start 15 minutes earlier than originally scheduled, at 18:45.
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