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Jenny escapes from Alcatraz

Jenny Potter is raising money for Reprieve
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on 4 April 2010

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Our investigators, lawyers and campaigners fight for those who need it most – people on death row, people held without charge or trial, people tortured and people targeted by illegal and lethal drone attacks.

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Guess what - its time for another sponsored swim event!

Some of you will know over the last few years I have supported the work of Reprieve. Reprieve is a charity that provides legal support to prisoners unable to pay for it themselves. 

On a more personal note I write to 2 prisoners on Death Row in the US and have built up a friendship with both of them and from their experiences know just how hard and unjust the system is that got them there and keeps them there.

So in September, I will be escaping from Alcatraz. Alcatraz was a maximum security prison located on an island in the bay of San Francisco. Even after it was closed as a prison, it has since held an iconic reputation (and appeal) as being inescapable due to being surrounded by cold water, which is effected by strong currents and humoured to be visited by sharks!. That will be my challenge in September. The swim is actually only 2 1/2 km - fairly short for an open water swim - but it's the other factors which add to the challenge. 

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