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Prisoners should have right to vote says crime victim

November 3, 2010

Margaret says she agrees with the announcement that some prisoners will be given the right to vote.

“These offenders are just human beings like anybody else,” she says.

“It is very much about getting those people back into society.”

Margaret decided to go to Preston prison to visit the man who broke into her home as part of the restorative justice scheme designed to try and stop criminals from re-offending.

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