John Bowden – Another Punishment Move

John Bowden – Another Punishment Move

Despite the Parole Board recently recommending that John Bowden be moved back to an open prison, the Scottish Prison Service has transferred him to Shotts, the most secure prison in the country. This is a blatant punishment move, one of hundreds John Bowden has undergone since he was imprisoned in 1978 – YES 1978!

By ‘coincidence’ the governor of Shotts, Ian Whitehead, was previously governor of Castle Huntley open jail, where John Bowden (and the Anarchist Black Cross) was the victim of an orchestrated campaign of lies in which an American psychologist, Matt Stillman, smeared the ABC as a “terrorist organisation” with which John was in contact.

After a robust campaign led by Leeds ABC, and by John himself of course, the Scottish Prison Service were forced to climb down, and Stillman’s career was ruined. John has never been forgiven for having the courage and integrity to stand his ground, and the SPS have not forgotten how they were humiliated.

Picket of the Scottish Parliament organised by Leeds ABC

Once again, we ask comrades to help shine an international spotlight on SPS abuse, and to support John in his long battle for freedom.

Please send letters of support to John at the following address:

John Bowden

6729

HMP Shotts

Cantrell Road

Shotts

Scotland

ML7 4LE

And letters of protest to:

Ian Whitehead

Governor

HMP Shotts

Cantrell Road

Shotts

Scotland

ML7 4LE

Scottish Prison Service HQ

Calton House

5 Redheughs Rigg

Edinburgh

Scotland

EH12 9HW

The Parole Board

Grenadier House

99-105 Horseferry Road

London

SW1P 2DD

England


http://leedsabc.org/