Mary Hannity

Mary Hannity, who is a clinical trainee at the Tavistock, works in a therapeutic community for survivors of torture and trafficking.

From The Blog
20 June 2017

On 27 May, Sisters Uncut occupied the site of what used to be the largest women’s prison in Western Europe. Eight women climbed into the old visitors’ centre through a window. Others unfurled banners on the roof: ‘This is Public Land: Our Land.’ Supporters rallied outside. The police came – eventually more than 70 of them, mostly white men – and formed a cordon around us.

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