I knew Pauline, with many others we were campaigning against a prison-system that brutalizes and dehumanises its inmates and its administrators thus causing endless harms, far beyond whatever brought people in touch with the so-called CJS initially, by its very 'nature'. Pauline was brave and loving

Dr. Andrea Beckmann, Lincoln, UK

Some of these comments are ridiculous. I can't believe someone has actually mentioned the family GP killing themselves as if this had anything to do with a person's criminality - but this is the absurd depths that criminals' apologists need to stoop to in their "arguments" against proper punishment.

LW, London, UK

What a terribly sad story. Drugs truly are the scourge of society.

mrs l j, midlands, uk

Her daughter's drug addiction, terrorising and manslaughter of Mr. Amrit Bhandari, and suicide were 100% self inflicted.

If her death was "preventable" it was her own duty to prevent it, not anyone else's. If there were failings in prison procedure fine, criticise that. But she chose how to live.

Laura Roberts, London, UK

Sarah Campbell was sentenced to prison. Not sentenced to death. Her death should have been prevented. This was what Pauline tried to have people understand. Many did. Some of these comments show there is still much work to do. Hopefully Pauline's example will inspire others to do it.

Nicki, London,

We can only hope and pray that this wasn't a set-up by those who had something to lose the most if Pauline's campaign's were ultimately successful...
That would be a hideous and heinous crime.
I guess I've become mistrustful as more and more you can follow the money to the crime...

D Griffing, Naples, Long Beach

I hope she donated some of that compensation from the CPS to the family of Mr. Amrit Bhandari.

He seems to have been forgotten in all of this.

TIlly, Stratford, England

Pauline it was a privilege to know you. Your pain is now over and I hope you rest in peace. You were an inspiration, a brave woman who had the courage to stand up to the state and stand up for the powerless. The world is a worse place for your passing. I will miss you.

John Moore, Bristol, UK

her daughter was sexually abused as a child and raped at 15.
her gp killed herself when she was 17 and she'd been into drugs since she was 16. I think this is a story of utmost tragedy, and mrs campbell will always be remembered as a devoted mother and campaigner.

R, Wrexham,

In all honesty, I cannot shed any tears over this. I'm thinking of the old man who was "manslaughtered" (I would say murdered but the do-gooders among us will find issue with that).

John Tomlinson, Brentwood, Essex

A brave and courageous lady who will be sadly missed by all who knew her. A person of great integrity and compassion and an inspiration to us all who are concerned for the prison struggle and the treatment of vulnerable people while in the "care" of the state - I have been glad to have known her

George Coombs, hove, england

What this sad woman didn't realise is that we're all in the so-called care of ourselves first. Her daughter chose her path, and man died as a result of it.

This woman would have done better to have campaigned against criminals who, like her daughter, steal and bring mayhem and death to others.

Tom Franklin, London, UK

Junior

Surely justice was served by imprisoning her daughter for the manslaughter of an elderly person. Can't serve the time, don't do the crime! Heartless? Maybe but I do not pander to those who break the law!

A Thorn, London,

She lived for her beliefs. May she rest in peace with her daughter. However, personally, I beleive that jails are too comfortable for prisionors.

Hamad Lone, London, England

Very sad, but the chain of events was initiated by this girl causing someone elses death---have they no rights?
If the mother had put as much energy into raising the child perhaps this tragedy would not have happened.

D.Henry, Edinburgh, Scotland UK

Whatever the reasons it is all very very tragic !!!!

There seems to be a societal war going on in Britain today !!!!

Ian Payne, WALSALL,

No-one has commented on the real problem here--the friendly local heroin dealer.

Edward Johns, Lannion, France

John she was not a Ferral Kid, but a middle class kid, from a nice area who was failed by a system which had a duty of care to protect her, they failed in this duty of care. What happened to her could happen to any girl who took the wrong turn at a young age. She was a young girl in a womens prison.

James, Malpas Cheshire, IK

Hang on a minute. The courts found that the actions of her daughter caused the death of an innocent and defenceless victim. To often people blame "the system" for feral kids but surely there was an element of failure in parenting that led to the crime that ultimately ended in this treble tragedy.

John Brown, Istanbul, Turkey

I know how she must have felt

I'm also the mother of a drug abusing daughter

Julia, Leigh,

May she rest in peace with her daughter.

kerry livermore, London, England

This is very sad. Condolences to family and friends. But what is sadder is that prisons are in some respects worse than they were in the Eighteenth Century. Anyone who has read the works of John Howard or Elizabeth Fry, will wonder why there has no been no great reform since their times.

stephen pain, odense, denmark

Look what the CPS has done to this lady who lost her child and just wanted justice. What has this country come too.

junior, richmond, england