Rupert Lowe MP has written to the Secretary of State for Justice, Shabana Mahmood, stressing that Lucy Connolly should be freed.
Mr Lowe posted to X:
I have written to the Secretary of State for Justice about Lucy Connolly.
I will share any response I receive.
Mr Lowe's letter to Shabana Mahmood:
Rupert Lowe MP
HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON SW1A 0AA
Dear Secretary of State,
I understand that Lucy Connolly made an unpleasant remark on social media. It was a foolish thing to post, as she soon understood and rapidly deleted.
Can you honestly say that having a young mother behind bars is an efficient use of prison as a punishment? I certainly can't.
Who is being served by having Lucy Connolly in prison? It is definitely not the public, who I believe would feel far safer if a violent criminal was incarcerated in that cell.
It is morally repugnant to separate a mother from her children over one stupid social media post, soon deleted.
It is not just Lucy, there are others currently imprisoned for similar.
Is this really what the British justice system should be prioritising? Is this what the British people want? Is it fair and just? The answer to all of those questions is a resounding no.
Logic must prevail, and Lucy Connolly must be allowed to go home.
Yours sincerely,
Rupert Lowe MP
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