The conversation: Should prisoners be allowed to vote? (Guardian)

Should prisoners be allowed to vote? **Jonathan Aitken** and **Frances Crook**
takes sides in the debate. **Emine Saner** hosts

This month, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the UK must end its
ban on votes for prisoners after the government lost its final appeal. The
prime minister says the thought makes him feel "physically sick", while
reformers say it is a step in the right direction. Emine Saner brought
together Frances Crook, director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, and
Jonathan Aitken, former Conservative MP and former prisoner, who now campaigns
on prison and rehabilitation issues, to take sides.

**Frances Crook: **I'm surprised we're not on the same side. I would have
thought, with your experience, that social responsibility is something you
would want to encourage among prisoners.

**Jonathan Aitken: **It's my experience which makes me against it. Of all the
issues prisoners care about, this is about as low as it comes. If you want to
do something for prisoners' rights, as we do, there are higher priorities. I
think society has the right to say that when you commit a crime serious enough
to be sent to prison, you lose your ...

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