Post-prison zine

Bristol ABC are making a post-prison zine and want to include texts from
people who've been through immigration prisons (see below). Its a really
nice project.

It'd be good if there's people who'd like to contribute, and to ask people
that might be interested. And of course it can be anonymous.

If people need help with translations to English we can probably find
someone from most languages to do it, email calais_solidarity@riseup.net
if you can't find anyone

In much sol x

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hi all

we are making a zine about the affects of prison after "release" and very
much want to include experiences of immigration prisons within this. see
call out below.

if you know of any good articles to include, or are up for contributing
(or know someone who would be) please let us know. note it is not just
limited to the uk, we welcome contributions from anywhere.

thanks. soli. x

POST-PRISON ZINE
We live in a Prison Society. Last year Her Majesty’s Prison Service
incarcerated over 87,000 people in England & Wales alone (not including
Scotland and Northern Ireland). Prison has long been used as a tool of
oppression against anybody who does not fit in to society’s idea of a
“good citizen”. The aim of Prison is to silence those people trapped
within it’s walls, they seek to lock them up and throw away the key,
effectively removing them from society. Not all Prison sentences are
permanent though any many people will eventually return to the outside
world.

Many people assume that your sentence ends once you leave Prison. A
Prisoner, on average, will serve about 1/3 of their sentence inside
Prison. The remainder of their sentence will be spent on probation. A
limbo like state where you are neither in Prison nor free. The Prison
system uses this as another tool of oppression, limiting people’s
freedoms.

Bristol ABC will be publishing a zine of people’s experiences after
Prison, dealing with such subjects as: Probation, licenses, MAPPAs, ASBOs,
isolation, family reunion, oppression, stigma, health issues and other
issues former Prisoners might deal with on their return to the outside.

We are looking for people to contribute to this project. If you have
recently been released from Prison or are expecting to be released soon,
we would like to hear about your experiences.

Bristol Anarchist Black Cross is a grass-roots collective of people
supporting prisoners. We do this through letter writing, prisoner visits,
spreading information and publishing literature relating to Prison,
organise protests and much more.

If you would like to submit to the zine you can either e-mail your
contribution to: bristol_abc@riseup.net or post it to:

Bristol ABC
14 Robertson Road
Easton
Bristol
BS5 6JY

Deadline for contributions is 15th Sept 2013.

We respect people’s privacy, if you would like your contribution to be
anonymous please let us know.


http://bristolabc.wordpress.com/

We produce a monthly prisoner list and letter writing- on the last Sunday
of every month at 630, see blog for details