Vegan Prisoners Support Group

The Vegan Prisoners Support Group (VPSG) is an organization based in the United Kingdom that provides support for vegans in prison, primarily vegans who are imprisoned for animal rights activity."About VPSG", Vegan Prisoners Support Group. There are around 800 vegans in British jails at any given time.
It complements the work of the Animal Liberation Front Supporters Group (ALFSG), which offers moral and financial support to imprisoned animal rights activists. The VPSG is purely concerned with ensuring vegans in prison have access to suitable food, clothing and toiletries.
The group was founded in April 1994 by British animal rights activist Jo-Ann Brown. She originally formed it to help Keith Mann, a prominent activist who was jailed for 11 years in 1994 for criminal damage and attempted arson.Fielding, Nick, and Walsh, Gareth. "Vegan bodybuilder funds animal extremists", The Sunday Times, March 13, 2005. 
Since then, VPSG's work has grown, and it has been called upon to advise the prisons ombudsman on disputes between prisoners and the prison service relating to vegan diets."On the Case", Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, p. 5., retrieved 8 November 2007 The group succeeded in 2009 in obtaining for prisoners the right to place mail orders for vegan products from healthfood stores.Allen, Nick. Vegan prisoners win right to 'cruelty free' products in jail, The Daily Telegraph, August 24, 2009.
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*Vegan Prisoners Support Group (VPSG)
*Animal Liberation Front Supporters Group (ALFSG)
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Category:Animal rights movement
Category:Prison-related organizations
Category:Vegan organizations
Category:Organizations established in 1994
Category:Organisations based in the United Kingdom
Category:Animal rights movement
Category:Prison-related organizations
Category:Vegan organizations
Category:Organizations established in 1994
Category:Organisations based in the United Kingdom
Category:Animal rights movement