{"id":1205,"date":"2013-05-22T23:49:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T22:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2019-03-05T23:25:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:25:57","slug":"prison-reform-trust-launch-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2013\/05\/22\/prison-reform-trust-launch-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Reform Trust &#8211; Launch Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Jan-Hemlin-Soroptimist-at-prison-reform-trust-event.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1218\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Jan-Hemlin-Soroptimist-at-prison-reform-trust-event.jpg\" alt=\"jan hemlin soroptimist at prison reform trust event\" width=\"202\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Jan-Hemlin-Soroptimist-at-prison-reform-trust-event.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Jan-Hemlin-Soroptimist-at-prison-reform-trust-event-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>Soroptimists from South Lancashire featured at the Prison Reform Trust\u2019s (PRT) \u2018Talking Justice\u2019 campaign reception in Manchester Town Hall. President Liz McConnell and colleagues set up a publicity stall, which attracted a large number of visitors and resulted in some effective networking.<\/p>\n<p>The occasion was the PRT\u2019s launch of its two latest publications for the public. In partnership with the University of the Third Age (U3A) and Pact (the Prison Advice and Care Trust) \u2018Where Do You Stand\u2019 and \u2018What Can I Do?\u2019 are designed to inform debate about the penal system, and to promote a wide range of volunteering opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Soroptimists in the UK are already working\u00a0on a campaign with the PRT <a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Soroptimists-at-prison-reform-trust-event.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1219\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Soroptimists-at-prison-reform-trust-event.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimists at prison reform trust event\" width=\"224\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Soroptimists-at-prison-reform-trust-event.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Soroptimists-at-prison-reform-trust-event-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>to to put a stop to any unnecessary imprisonment of women. There is considerable evidence about the numbers of vulnerable women ending up in the UK\u2019s prisons despite posing no risk to the public. The <span style=\"color: #000000\">United Kingdom Programme Action Committee (UKPAC) and the PRT produced an action pack \u2013 \u2018Reducing Women\u2019s Imprisonment\u2019 \u2013 which provides help and guidance to Soroptimists on initial information-gathering and further involvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Margaret Molyneux, South Lancashire\u2019s Programme Action Officer, is also Vice-Chair of UKPAC. She said \u201cThis exciting long-term project partnership offers Soroptimists, both locally and nationally, extensive support for focused Programme Action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Soroptimist-stall-at-prison-reform-trust-event.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1220 alignleft\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Soroptimist-stall-at-prison-reform-trust-event.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimist stall at prison reform trust event\" width=\"252\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Soroptimist-stall-at-prison-reform-trust-event.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/05\/Soroptimist-stall-at-prison-reform-trust-event-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u201cThe project has already attracted media attention \u2013 Jan Hemlin (Chair, UKPAC), who attended the Manchester event, was recently interviewed on BBC Radio 4\u2019s \u2018Woman\u2019s Hour\u2019. There has also been a high profile launch at the House of Commons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This work with the <a title=\"link to prison reform trust\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk\/ProjectsResearch\/Women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prison Reform Trust<\/a>, co-ordinated by <a title=\"link to soroptimist united kingdom programme action committee\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soroptimist-ukpac.org\/about\/show\/526\/\">UKPAC<\/a>, gives Soroptimists the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of hundreds of vulnerable women.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimists from South Lancashire featured at the Prison Reform Trust\u2019s (PRT) \u2018Talking Justice\u2019 campaign reception&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":1218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prison Reform Trust - Launch Event | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Prison Reform Trust - Launch Event : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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