Soroptimists in Westminster for Launch of “Reducing Women’s Imprisonment” campaign
Three members of Soroptimist International St Albans & District attended a launch of the joint Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland UK Programme Action Committee (UKPAC) and Prison Reform Trust Project to “Reduce Women’s Imprisonment” was held at the House of Commons on Thursday 25th April 2013. They are pictured here l to r Laura Redhead, Janet Tansley, Jane Slatter.
The Westminster launch was a great success with many MPs, Ministers and Peers attending the reception alongside the many Soroptimists who had travelled there from all parts of the UK.
Minister for Justice Lord McNally gave encouragement for the work, saying “this will be aligning with the new Government Strategy related to reducing the number of women in prison”.
Baroness Helena Kennedy endorsed the work of Soroptimists relating how she had from personal experience seen how Soroptimists mobilise and deliver.
Pictured L-R: Lord McNally, Minister of State for Justice and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords; Lord Woolf, former Lord Chief Justice and chair of the Prison Reform Trust; Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws QC, FRSA; Juliet Lyon CBE, Prison Reform Trust director; and UKPAC chair, Jan Hemlin.
To download the Action Pack and find out more see the UKPAC’s Website, and the Prison Reform Trust website