The ‘United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment
of Prisoners (1984)’ (UNSMR), were laid down as the MINIMUM for civilised nations.
See end for response to this Complaint |
THIS
Complaint is against only one prison officer, but that which lies behind it is of vital importance (more for the nation than myself), so I start with a Preface:
It is
astonishing & horrifying that very few members of the Prison Service (from Governors downwards) has even heard
of those MINIMUM rules, much less read them - or abide by them!
They are flouted regularly, to a seriously criminal degree. Flouted equally
are the European Convention on Human Rights & the 1998 Human Rights Act. Those
who do not themselves actively commit crime turn a blind eye to those who do, which is itself crime.
Equally
horrifying is the fact that the whole of the Prison Service are hostile to any prisoner who dares to claim innocence - &
especially so to one who seeks to prove it without a lawyer. They
will obstruct him in the most fiendish ways.
In this
they match (& are protected by) the legal professionals. Such discrimination
as there may be in the courts against Asians, Muslims, Blacks, Gypsies or Asylum Seekers is as nothing compared to that against
the ‘L.I.P’. As Honorary Secretary of the Litigants In Person Society
I have much more experience than just my own.
For their own strange
reasons, politicians & the media are constantly telling the public that British prisons are ‘Holiday Camps’.
Earlier, on The TV
Frost Programme 22/7/01, he spoke of ‘barbaric’ prison officers! |
“Cells of despair:
our treatment of young offenders is a criminal act”.
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Sir David Ramsbotham’s new book ‘PRISONGATE’ tells otherwise
– with horrific revelations of the criminality of the Prison Service.
Extracts were in The Times, T2, from 2nd October 2003 onwards.
Front page, box
headline:
It is FAR worse than even he describes! All political parties compete in their aims to ‘Clamp Down on Crime’. Why are the big criminals in the Prison Service never prosecuted
– only the lesser ones receiving a very rare slap on the wrist? Whatever
happened to ‘Zero Tolerance’, currently promoted so strongly? Sir
David’s book was reviewed by his predecessor as HM Ch. Insp. of Prisons, Sir Stephen Tumim, each of them sacked for
being too honest!
In 2001, Martin Narey (then Director General of the Prison Service) condemned his own service for ‘a
litany of failure & moral neglect’ in ‘Hell Hole’ prisons! Prison
staff only need use the word ‘Security’ – no matter how farcically - then make their own rules & laws. The ‘Complaints Procedure’ is an obscene farce, designed &
used to drive the victim to despair, often to take their own lives, when it is described as ‘suicide’,
rather than the very nasty form of murder which it is.
Such censure as occasionally comes from inquests or the European Court of Human Rights reveals only the tip of the
iceberg. The ECtHR ruled that the deaths of Mark Keenan at Exeter Prison, &
Mavis McGlinchey at ???? resulted
from violations of Article 3 (Torture & Inhuman or Degrading Treatment), but no action has been taken against those
who inflicted it.
It is
a fact of life that there are millions of psychopaths (blatant or latent) in the world.
Without their enthusiastic support, Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin, Pol Pot et al, could not have done as they did. In his book ‘1984’ George Orwell tried to warn Britain that they exist
in equal numbers here.
Looking
for power over others, it would be surprising if they were not attracted to the Prison Service. Sadly, the service does little to keep them out, or to curb their abuse of power when they are in (vide
Ramsbotham, Tumim & Narey).
THIS REQUEST/COMPLAINT: Norman Scarth (born 1925). After
a long lifetime of honourable service to my King, my Queen & my Country, I am currently a prisoner
at Her Majesty’s Prison Leeds, Armley, LEEDS LS12 2TJ. The Rules require
that consideration shall be given to my age, temperament & record. They also require that personal shall have humanity,
integrity, ‘an adequate standard of education & intelligence’ & ‘conduct themselves & perform
their duties so as to influence the prisoners for good by their example & to command respect”. Officer X.XXXX gives me to understand that he is my ‘Personal Officer’. He has none of the qualities as above, is sadistic & oppressive, flouting the Rules, doing everything
he can to obstruct me, provoke me, deny me what little food I ask for, &/or drive me to despair. He is a most vicious psychopath. I ask that some other officer
be appointed as my ‘Personal Officer’. What action should be taken
against X.XXXX is another matter.
Note: I do not make frivolous or wild accusations. My case in the
ECtHR (33745/96) brought a much needed change in British law, incorporated into the 1998 Human Rights Act (confirmed by
a letter to Jacqui Lait MP dated 1/9/98 from Geoffrey Hoon MP, then Lord Chancellor Irvine’s spokesman in The Commons).
Tony Blair & Jack Straw both condemned the ‘Walk On By Society’
(those who turn a blind eye to crime). It is not only my right, but my
duty (& yours) to bring these matters to light.
STOP PRESS: As a LIP, access to a computer,
printer, copier etc. is my lawful right. Belatedly given a laptop computer, very
limited access to a printer on ‘Education’ has been stopped, every fiendish excuse being used. First it was said that someone did not like what I was printing.
ALL my documents are legal, strictly confidential - & for anyone to read
them is unlawful! Then it was said that I was ‘disruptive’ –
a monstrous lie. I have a great backlog of work to catch up on, & do not
have time to be ‘disruptive’. Today, Tues. 2/12/03,
the cat has been let out of the bag. The reason given now is that they do not
want me to be seen with the laptop, as other prisoners are asking why they cannot have one.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE DESPERATE THAT KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR RIGHTS SHALL BE KEPT FROM OTHER (possibly
innocent) PRISONERS!!!
(Added in writing): Ignorance, incompetence & inefficiency of staff
is not only tolerated, but used as a weapon against prisoners, but this is pure malice.
Just one more example of of the flouting of the UNSMR. There is much more,
which I will detail – if I live long enough under the torture inflicted on me here!
Written on front of Pink Form COMP 2: You act
in the name of the Queen, & are supposedly bound by her oath, “TO DELIVER JUSTICE WITH MERCY”. I have as much chance of Mercy as a mouse in a snake pit, but live in hope.
The ‘Complaints Procedure’ is an obscene farce, designed & used
to drive the victim to despair, often to take their own lives, when it is described as ‘suicide’ - instead of
the clever form of murder which it truly is. Adolf Eichman was described as a
‘desk murderer’. He was eventually hung for it.
(Written on back of Pink Form, under “What would you like to see done about your complaint?”) That after reading this, you will prove that you have a conscience, courage & a soul: That you will join me in the fight against Lawyer Blair’s terrorist Police State: That you will allow me RELEASE ON TEMPORARY LICENCE to enable me to progress High Court action LS 190 197
to expose the GESTAPO POLICE who tried to assassinate me on 8th August 1999 – 11 months BEFORE the ‘crime’
I am supposed to have committed. It could also expose those who ORDERED
the assassination.
Expressing
hope as above indicates that I am as stupid as anyone who hoped for mercy from Hitler or Stalin.
This Complaint was placed in the complaints box 03-12-03 (3 Dec. 03), in 3 confidential envelopes. Copies
to. Governing Governor Stacey Tasker; the Area Manager; & the Chairman of the Board Of Visitors. Without doubt that is why they stopped my printing.
(16th January 2004. Not a word from either, nor
to my Complaint from July 2003, when I was attacked with a fire hose by jeering sneering officers. That Complaint was SUPPOSEDLY being dealt with by Senior Officer Vine & Deputy
Governor Thomas Cranmer (?).
