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The Howard League for Penal Reform in Scotland

 

The High Court in Edinburgh

This is the home page for the Howard League for penal reform in Scotland.  The league is an independent organisation (and charity) whose members seek improvements to the criminal justice system in Scotland.  Anyone may join the league for a modest subscription (£15pa and non-taxpayers £5pa) which together with donations are used to cover the organisation's running costs. Further details of the leagues and its activities are given via the links on the left.

 

 

 

I am under no moral obligation to conform to, or in any way accept, the sentence imposed upon me.

Emily Pankhurst

`No, no!' said the Queen. `Sentence first – verdict afterwards.' 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons."

attrib. Fyodor Dostoevsky