CAT 'A' KNOCKBACK AGAIN -  18 May 2007

COMMENT FROM MAL

This is ridiculous!

The report says that, during the period, Charlie has "interacted very well with staff", that he takes part in some activities "available to him" and they acknowledge that he "engages positively with the regime". But they reject a downgrading of category based on the fact that he won't jump through their hoops. They claim that, because he does not take part in "offence focussed work", they cannot measure any reduction in risk.

What utter bullshit! The definition of a Cat 'A' prisoner is as follows:

A Category A prisoner is a prisoner whose escape would be highly dangerous to the public or the police or the security of the state and for whom the aim must be to make escape impossible.

Charlie is not "highly dangerous to the public or the police" and there is no evidence to suggest that he is. The general public, who do not know Charlie personally, might be led to believe that he is because of the disgraceful and salacious way our sensationalist national press tend to report on him. He most certainly has never been a danger to "the security of the state". Furthermore, Charlie has never once attempted to escape from prison in all of the 34 years he has been in prison.

The report says only positive things about Charlie's behaviour. This is undoubtedly the Prison Service's way of blackmailing Charlie into doing as he is told by them. It is nothing short of vindictive. If Charlie was NOT Cat A then they would not be justified in keeping him in solitary confinement like an animal for year after year. While he's in Solitary then the Parole Board are highly unlikely to release him on licence. So, the Prison Service keep him Cat A and condemn him to more Solitary and further years in prison, when his tariff was up four years ago! On this basis they could conceivably hold him until the day he dies.

I know that the Prison Service visit and read this website and I stick by my words. You are being vindictive and unreasonable in your treatment of Charles Bronson and it time to review your OWN conduct.