Give prisoners the vote in six months or face severe penalties, UK warned, The Guardian (2010)
This article reports on the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the voting rights of inmates. The Court stated that the United Kingdom must allow prisoners to exercise their right to vote, otherwise the 2,500 of them who appealed to the court will be allowed to ask for compensation. The UK has three months to pass a legislation for all the 70,000 convicted prisoners before the ruling becomes final and the six-month deadline comes into force.
The link address is: http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/nov/23/six-month-deadline-on-prisoners-vote
