Judicial Review, and access to Courts, is the only way that prisoners can ensure that there is an independent check that what is happening to them is lawful.
There has been a lot of chat about getting rid of the Human Rights Act. In reality, because of Treaty obligations, there would have to be some form of "Rights" legislation for the UK. This is only right. The UK is not some authoritarian, despotic State that operates on the margins of civilised behaviour. It is right that dangerous people are locked up in prison-it is right that their detention is reviewed.
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