Post by Mitch on Nov 8, 2004 16:23:59 GMT
www.uffc.org
The United Families and Friends Campaign is a coalition of families and friends of those that have died in the custody of police and prison officers as well as those who are killed in secure psychiatric hospitals. It includes the families of Roger Sylvester, Leon Patterson, Rocky Bennett, Alton Manning, Christopher Alder, Brian Douglas, Joy Gardner, Aseta Simms, Paul Jemmott, Harry Stanley and Glenn Howard, to name but a few. Together we are building a network for collective action to end deaths in custody.
Our key demands include:
Deaths in police custody must be investigated by a body that is genuinely independent of the police - unlike the recently established 'Independent' Police Complaints Commission.
Prison deaths must be subject to a system of properly funded investigation that is completely independent of the Prison Service.
Officers involved in custody deaths be suspended until investigations are completed.
Prosecutions of officers should automatically follow 'unlawful killing' verdicts at inquests.
Officers responsible for deaths should face criminal charges, even if retired.
Police forces are made accountable to the communities that they serve.
Legal Aid and full disclosure of information be made to the relatives of the victims.