DeathRights' mission is to advocate for the legal rights and personal wishes of individuals facing death, dying and bereavement, where these are impeded by state institutions and practices.
We will empower dying people and their families to ensure that both rights and rites are respected in such times of acute vulnerability and need.
Our first priorities are the needs of people:
- dying in prison
- held in prison when a family member is dying outside prison
People in these situations often lack the support available to the rest of us, whether from family contact, palliative care, religious practice, or bereavement support, due to chronic shortages of resources.
When you are sent to prison, the punishment is supposed to be loss of liberty, not an inhumane death, or deprivation of end-of-life rituals when losing a loved one. Nor should any person or their family and community be subjected to a more brutal bereavement.
We want to build public and institutional support for more humane policies and practices around death and dying in prison, as well as to empower the people directly affected to engage in those practices as "Death Navigators."
Please note at this stage we are not able to provide advice on any particular situation, but we are keen to learn about how people are experiencing death, dying and bereavement in prison. Please use the TELL US page to let us know about your experiences.
-Deathrights is A community interest company - nUMBER 16385706
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