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- G8 SUMMIT Blair says leaders 'hate' conducting talks behind security cordon
- G8 Prison Info
- The latest news issue by the G8 Legal Support group is as follows:

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G8 SUMMIT Blair says leaders 'hate' conducting talks behind security cordon

GLENEAGLES, Scotland (AFX) - Leaders of the world's richest nations 'hate'
having to conduct their talks behind a security cordon designed to keep out
protestors, said Prime Minister Tony Blair.
In an interview on Sky News, Blair said most leaders 'would be happy to be in a
modest little place where we can mix with lots of people in a town and be able
to meet the people who's concerns we're talking about'.
Blair was speaking after several hundred protestors broke away from a march and
tried to storm the summit venue perimeter fence before being beaten back by
police.
'The problem is you get these small groups of international anarchists who just
wreck the place and therefore you have to have the security,' he said.
'It's a common myth that the leaders all love the fact that you've got to have a
fence of steel around us. We hate it. Most of us would prefer to be in a
situation where we could engage with people.'
'If you were to hold this in Edinburgh, which would have been fantastic, it
would have brought the whole city to a halt,' he added.


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G8 Prison Info

for detailed legal support see www.g8legalsupport.info. Tel: 0845 223 52 58 or
07704 265 843
CALL PRISONER SUPPORT at 079 14 79 57 37 to find out if your friend is on remand

The police detain people and can hold them for a limited time in a police
station. Then they are brought to court for a hearing. The magistrate (low
level judge) either decides to release them without charges or decides to
charge them. If the latter is the case s/he can either decide to give bail
(which means they get released under special restrictions until their trial) or
to keep people on remand, which means that people are brought to prisons and
held there until their trial.

At the moment different prisons in Scotland are used for helding protestors on
remand.
If you know that your friend is being held on remand, there are different things
you can do to support her/him:
Write letters, visit her/him (normally once per day), get money in so s/he can
buy stuff inside the prison and make phonecalls...
Every prison has different rules and regulations on that. Following you find
specific information for the different prisons.
Official information about the different prisons in Scotland:
http://www.sps.gov.uk/establishments

EDINBURGH
Men arrested on Monday are being held on remand at HMP Edinburgh (some may be at
HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow)
HMP Edinburgh
Saughton
33 Stenhouse Rd
EH11 3LN
Tel: (0044) 0131 444 3000 or 3113

STIRLING
Women arrested on Monday are being held on remand at HMP Cornton Vale in
Stirling.
HM Prison Cornton Vale
Cornton Road
Stirling
FK9 5NU
Tel:(01786) 832591
Fax:(01786) 833597

PERTH
We have information that people arrested on the blockades on wednesday have been
taken to HMP Perth
HM Prison Perth
3 Edinburgh Road
Perth
PH2 8AT
Tel:(01738) 622293
Fax:(01738) 630545

GLASGOW
HM Prison Barlinnie
Glasgow
G33 2QX
Tel:(0141) 770 2000
Fax:(0141) 770 2060

Getting there
HMP Barlinnie is located in the north east of Glasgow near junction 12 of the M8
motorway. It is also a short bus journey from the city centre and is serviced by
a number of buses including the Numbers 36, 38, 39, and 39A.

HOW DO I BOOK A REMAND VISIT?
To book a remand visit please phone 0141 770 4393. This allows you to book a
visit 3 days in advance. The entitlements are one 30-minute visit Monday to
Friday and an additional visit at the weekend on a Saturday or Sunday also
lasting 30 minutes. The booking line is open Monday to Friday from
09.00-20.30hrs.

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The latest news issue by the G8 Legal Support group is as follows:

Prisoners Latest
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

The 5 men who have spent a week in prison in Edinburgh (Saughton prison) and
were heard in court today, got released on bail. This means at the moment there
is one man left in Edinburgh prison, arrested during G8 protests but now held
for other unrelated matters.

There are two women in Stirling (Cornton Vale prison). One convicted for
previous unpaid fines, probably out on friday, one on remand until court on
friday.

There are two men in Glasgow (Barlinnie prison). One convicted for previous
faslane stuff, one on remand.

This also from Indymedia:

ACAB released after 5 nights in solitary

Gary Lawson better known to some of us as ACAB was released today from Edinburgh
sheriffs court after spending 8 days in saughton prison in relation to the
carnival for full enjoyment in Edinburgh. ACAB and others (including a 16 year
old boy) were held on remand since last monday and their cases were heard in a
closed court with no members of the public or journalists allowed in. ACAB was
placed in solitary confinement after alledgedly calling one of the prison
guards a "Haggis Shagger". Almost all of those remanded after the carnival have
now been released apart from those with outstanding fines or warrants.

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