Prisoners at HMP La Moye will get the opportunity to vote in upcoming elections, thanks to a groundbreaking move by Jersey politicians.
Constable Len Norman, who brought the proposition, argued the move had to be made keep the island in line with the European Convention for Human Rights.
Giving Jersey prisoners the right to vote is 'the right thing to do', according to the head of Jersey's Probation Service.
Brian Heath said the move by politicians in the States this week brings Jersey in line with the European Convention for Human Rights and the majority of other European countries.
He also explained how prisoners at HMP La Moye, who had the right to vote somewhere that prisoners are allowed, can have their say via a postal vote.
For example, an Irish prisoner in Jersey who could vote in an Irish election would be allowed to do so, whereas a Jersey born prisoner in jail in the island would not have been offered that opportunity to exercise his or her democratic right.
Mr Heath added, this new change in law would even out that inequality among cell-mates.
The weekend event coincides with International Pride Month and the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
The scheme has been backed by the island's Lieutenant-Governor, and is the first of its kind in the Channel Islands.
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