Committed

2. How Do Climate Activists Cope in Prison?

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Show Notes

Locked in their cells for up to 22 hours a day, how are Britain’s jailed climate activists coping with a life of inaction? In episode two, Rivkah and Clare follow the Just Stop Oil inmates to find out how they’re adjusting.

How does JSO prepare activists for incarceration? What’s it really like inside Britain’s prisons? And what do the guards and other inmates think of Just Stop Oil activists’ crimes?

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