This letter has been sent on behalf of Women for Independence by Maggie Mellon. Michael Matheson Cabinet Secretary for Justice The Scottish Government 20 March 2015 Dear Michael Matheson, The future of justice for women in Scotland As you know, Women for Independence campaigned against the building of a large new women’s prison in Inverclyde and were very pleased that one of your first decisions as Cabinet Secretary for Justice was not to go...
Women for Indy Justice Watch Blog august 2016
In this blog, I am going to write about not just my own experience and views but also cover some of the issues that we all have encountered and the experiences of women in a number of courts. A fair hearing? Readers who have not been in a criminal court will have seen film and TV court scenes. In these the public gallery can hear everything clearly and understand it too. But its not like that at all. Those who have been in an actual court will...
How the Named Person crusade could damage the case for Scottish independence
First publish by Common Space in August 2016 Feminist campaigner and former social worker Maggie Mellon explains why she's welcoming a recent decision from the Supreme Court on the controversial Named Person law WHY has the Scottish Government allowed itself to be undone by a scheme with an Orwellian name which it never able to explain without contradicting themselves? On Thursday, the Supreme Court delivered its verdict on the case against...