The Prisoners’ Rights Organisation: a case study in grassroots organising, ‘history from below’ & police accountability

andrew
Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:04:01 +0000
Prison, PRO, Repression, The Left, Library, Analysis, Garda Research Institute

The Prisoners’ Rights Organisation (PRO) was founded in the early 1970s. Before its dissolution in the late eighties it was in many ways a unique phenomenon - a small but highly energetic grassroots organisation that consistently called public attention to cases of police brutality and misconduct through varied forms of street protest and media work. This article tells the story of the formation and development of the organisation and the ‘hidden history’ of the PRO’s attempt to make police accountable.