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Travellers in Prison News Newsletter of the Irish Chaplaincy in Britain’s Traveller Project Travellers in prison news Issue 5 December 2012 Series of Traveller Reading Books Coming Soon Beannachtaí na Nollag agus Athbhliain faoi An illustration by Dublin artist Niamh Mhaise Daoibh! Merc from the book ‘A Traveller’s Home’ Bachtalo krecunu Thaj Bachtalo Nevo Bers! As the number of Travellers in prison doing reading courses such Christmas Blessings and a Peaceful New Year to as Toe by Toe increases, so too You! does the demand for interesting reading books. So The Irish Welcome to the fifth edition of We hope that you all enjoy the Chaplaincy has put together a short Travellers in Prison News! It’s been newsletter and would really like to series of reading books for a busy few months for the Traveller include more contributions for the Travelling people who are just Project. We’ve been developing a next issue. For this reason we are starting to read books. range of reading books for launching a competition with a prize Travellers and have created a new of £10 and an inspirational book for The first book ‘A Traveller’s poster of Irish Traveller Musicians. the best letter/ article/ picture we Home’ is the story of a young Irish We’ve also been working with receive before 1st March 2013. Traveller man called John, living in Thames Valley Probation, doing Dublin who dreams of being a Merry Christmas to you all! more research into the needs of cowboy like John Wayne. He Traveller offenders. journeys out of the city and crosses Ireland until he comes to the The work of the Irish Chaplaincy in Britain is funded in part by grants mountain known as ‘The Reek.’ from the Government of Ireland, the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference, Having learned much on the and by the support of many generous Friends. journey, John returns to his friends TRAVELLERS IN PRISON NEWS and family in Dublin knowing that ‘A In the remaining 72 prisons no Dr. Patrick McDonagh: Irish Traveller is always home.’ Gypsies or Travellers were Traveller and Medical Doctor recorded at all. Conn Mac Gabhann who wrote the This recent graduation picture of book said ‘It’s important to remember These figures are much lower than Dr. Patrick McDonagh from The that Traveller men and women want to those reported by HM Prison Ulster Herald Newspaper (County read interesting stories. No adult really Inspectorate, who report that –for Tyrone) is another reminder if one wants to read a children’s book when example- 5% of prisoners in male were needed of what Irish they are starting to read books for the local Cat B prisons are Gypsy or Travellers can achieve through first time. These books are interesting Traveller. This would mean that education. and they are relevant to Travellers’ the total number of Gypsies and lives.’ Conn went on to say ‘We are Travellers in prison in England and delighted that The Shannon Trust, who Wales in fact stands at several facilitate Toe by Toe across prisons is thousand; a sizeable population supportive of the series as a next step who’s needs must be recognised. for adult learners.’ The fact that the prison service recognises Gypsies and Travellers as an ethnic group is a step in the right direction. But more needs to be done. We have found that many Traveller prisoners still do not ‘A Traveller’s Home’ will be available know that a ‘W3’ code exits and from the Irish Chaplaincy in the New have never been offered the Year. opportunity to change their ethnic categorisation. More worryingly we ‘Dr Patrick McDonagh, son of Traveller Numbers have found that some staff are also Thomas and Ellen McDonagh, unaware of the code and have given Comber Road, Omagh, who For just over a year, the prison service Traveller prisoners the wrong recently graduated from the Royal has recognised Gypsy and Traveller information when approached. College of Surgeons in Ireland with prisoners as an ethnic minority group LRCP & SI, MB BCh NUI (Hons) with the category ‘W3’. Any Gypsy or Prisoners should be offered the in June of this year. Patrick, who is Traveller prisoner can register opportunity to register as ‘W3 – a member of the Irish Traveller themselves as ‘W3’ on the P-Nomis Gypsy or Irish Traveller’ on community, received his earlier system. The more prisoners that reception. Diversity staff should education at St Mary’s Primary register, the more the prison system will also inform serving Traveller School, Killyclogher, and Omagh have to listen to the needs of Gypsy and prisoners that they have the option CBS. He is currently working as an Traveller prisoners. of being recorded as ‘W3’ on P- intern in Beaumont Hospital, Nomis. Dublin.’ The Irish Chaplaincy’s Traveller It’s also up to Traveller prisoners Project recently contacted the National The Traveller Advice Team Offender Management Service to spread the word and tell others to get themselves registed as ‘W3’. (NOMs) to find out how many The Traveller Advice Team have a prisoners were recorded as ‘W3 – Being counted means that you new national helpline for Gypsies Gypsy or Traveller’. We found that count. If Gypsy and Traveller and Travellers, which can be currently only 219 Gypsy or Traveller prisoners are being recorded then reached on 01216858677 on prisoners are recorded, in 65 prisons. more attention will have to be given Mondays to Fridays 9.00am – to their needs. 5.00pm. For emergencies 3 concerning Gypsies and Travellers, Traveller Greats Series string below the pitch of the melody. they also have an out-of-hours According to many, John Doherty was emergency number which is 07768 In future issues of Travellers in a significant influence on the fiddle 316755. Prison News (TIPN), we want to playing of The Chieftains and Altan. highlight a Traveller or Gypsy who The Travellers Advice Team John Doherty was the last of the Great has done something remarkable. (TAT) is made up of a dedicated You can write a short paragraph Travelling Fiddlers. group of solicitors and legal telling us about that person. The workers who provide specialist person doesn’t have to be famous Taking a Stand legal advice and representation to they just have to have made a the Traveller community difference; that difference can be in There has been a marked throughout England and Wales. sport, in music, in public life or even improvement in provision for Gypsy Their work focuses mainly on in your life. So let us know who your and Traveller prisoners in recent years; evictions and planning. TAT Traveller Greats are! more groups, more Traveller reps and provides emergency 24hr national more Gypsy Traveller History Month advice and representation and events. works closely with other non- government agencies working with However, there is still much more work Travellers. to be done and we were distressed to hear this month of the racist abuse Lawyers from TAT have defended endured by one Traveller prisoner, Gypsies and Travellers in some of Miles Cash. On one occasion in HMP the most high profile planning Onley Miles was openly called a disputes of recent times – including “Pikey” by an officer. On a second Dale Farm – and have taken cases John Doherty (1900 –1980) King of occasion in HMP Dovegate he was told all the way to the House of Lords. The Donegal Fiddlers he couldn’t share a cell with his brother as the officer in question “knew how The TAT team is part of the John Doherty was born in County you Gypsies operate”. Community Law Partnership Donegal and came from a famous (CLP); a progressive firm family of Irish Travellers who The positive aspect of this is that on specializing in housing law. CLP worked as tinsmiths and horse both occasions Miles was brave enough aims to provide quality legal traders. to make official complaints, and both services to the most vulnerable and these complaints were upheld. The disadvantaged sections of society From the late 1940s to the 1970s he officers involved were challenged and who, without their assistance, was sought out by national and sent for extra training. The Director of would be denied access to the legal international music collectors. He HMP Dovegate, Ray Duckworth, has system and to their rights. was first recorded in 1945 by The said that “any future complaints of a Irish Folklore Commission and then similar nature should be rigorously They can be found online at: by the BBC in 1953. His music has pursued”. www.communitylawpartnership.co. appeared on over 12 albums. He played with boundless uk The Travellers Project at the ICB have ornamentation, including bowed and seen the official paperwork relating to slurred triplets, rolls, cuts and Miles’ case, and have brought it to the double-stopping. Heavily influenced attention of the Ministry of Justice; by the uileann piping tradition, he expressing our view that more needs to often replicated the sound of the be done in terms of equality training, to pipes' drones, by either retuning the bring home to staff the fact that racism fiddle to an open tuning, or by against Travellers is just as maintaining the fourth finger on the TRAVELLERS IN PRISON NEWS unacceptable as any other form of racism. “This is a common problem encountered by Travellers in prisons up and down the country”, Miles wrote to us; “all we want is to be treated like everybody else and allowed to do our time in peace and get home to see our families”. Miles’ case goes to show that it is worth standing up for your rights and not tolerating racism or discrimination in prison.
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