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Subject: Don't blame the dog

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Date Posted: 08:00:40 09/16/02 Mon

>SUNDAY: 3 visitors to HMP Maghaberry had a long trip
>by car in vain this morning as they didn't get to
>visit Derryman, Ciaran McLaughlin, who is serving 18
>years after arms were found at his home in the
>Galliagh district of the city. All three had even
>taken care to wear clothes that they only use when
>going to church services or for special occasions.
>They made sure that they didn't wear clothes that they
>might have worn when out to a pub or dance-hall. The
>sniffer dogs used are trained to sit at the feet of
>any visitor it "suspects" of having been in contact
>with drugs. None of the three even smoke. When the dog
>sat down the screws told the male visitors, you can
>have a closed visit or you can go home. Ciaran
>McLaughlin, as do most PoWs refused the closed visit,
>as the prisoners feel it is a way of criminalising not
>only themselves, but their visitors. Drugs are a BIG
>NO-NO with Republican Prisoners, and the authorities
>know that also. A Protestant minister complained
>bitterly to the press recently when the same thing
>happened to himself when he attended the prison to
>visit one of his incarcerated flock.
>
>Mrs. McLaughlin spoke to the IA-PL office and will
>speak to the Derry News tomorrow to highlight this
>on-going farce, which the Prison Service know is no
>way to treat the prisoners, their visitors and their
>loved ones. The CR Vets have also been notified this
>afternoon. Please highlight these facts as widely as
>possible. One wonders who the real dumb animals are? We don't blame the poor dog, but the so-called security system @ Maghaberry and those who endorse such.
>
>Register with the FULL STATUS NOW CAMPAIGN,
>established by the Civil Rights' veterans association
>
>via
>
>fsncampaign@hotmail.com
>
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>request.

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