THERE will a protest outside Brockhill Prison on Friday as a group demonstrates about the high number of deaths of women in jails in England and Wales.

The protest, led by Pauline Campbell, comes after 19-year-old remand prisoner Kathryn Jones was found dead in her cell at Brockhill on October 15.

Mrs Campbell's daughter Sarah, 18, died while in Styal jail in Cheshire in 2003.

Sarah was the second woman to die in 2003. Since then, 25 women have died, apparently from self-inflicted deaths.

Thirteen women have died so far this year, including Miss Jones, and one woman is in a coma after being cut down from her cell at Holloway Prison in May.

Talking to the Advertiser previously, Mrs Campbell said she was concerned many women were put in prison when they were young and depressed.

She said jails were not hospitals and were ill equipped to deal with people suffering mental health issues.

She also believes if women are not a danger to society, the courts should not be so quick to jail them.

At the Brockhill protest from 1pm, a banner will be displayed and flowers will be laid in memory of Miss Jones.

A similar protest was led by Mrs Campbell outside Brockhill in April after 22-year-old Sheena Kotecha was found dead in her cell just one day after being sent to prison for nine years.