Committed: Was Prison Worth It?
The series concludes with a burning question for Just Stop Oil cofounder Roger Hallam.
Tag: prison
Feature: What’s It Like to Love a Political Prisoner?
Clare Hymer
Just Stop Oil’s jailed activists were willing to pay the price for their actions. But what does their imprisonment mean for their partners? Clare Hymer reports.
Report: The Pro-Palestine Activists Imprisoned for Months Without Being Found Guilty of Any Crime
Sebastian Shehadi
Palestine Action activists will serve the equivalent of a two and a half year sentence before they even go to trial. Sebastian Shehadi reports.
Report: Climate Prisoners Are Exposing the Dire State of Prison Healthcare
Clare Hymer
Just Stop Oil supporters spoke to Novara Media about their medical neglect in prison, which in one case had potentially life-threatening consequences.
Report: Climate Activists Get Longest Sentences for Peaceful Protest in British History
Clare Hymer
Just Stop Oil activists have received four and five-year prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiring to block traffic on the M25. Clare Hymer reports.
Opinion: Why Should Chris Kaba’s Death Matter Less Than the Queen’s?
Kehinde Andrews
Three days before Elizabeth Windsor died, Chris Kaba did. The establishment’s apathy is testament to the very racism the monarch embodies, writes Kehinde Andrews.
Opinion: Carceral Feminism Isn’t the Answer to Sexual Violence
Caren Holmes
We can't call ourselves abolitionists if we make an exception for rapists, argues Caren Holmes.
Analysis: Lula’s Back, and Bolsonaro is Feeling the Heat
Benjamin Fogel
Climate and coronavirus breakdown are eroding support for the Brazilian strongman. Could the newly free ex-president hammer the nail in the coffin? Historian of Latin America Benjamin Fogel thinks so.
Opinion: Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Won’t Make Black Lives Matter
Annie Olaloku-Teriba
How comforting it would be were the problem simply police and not policing, writes race scholar Annie Olaloku-Teriba.
Downstream: Why All Drugs Should Be Decriminalised. Interview With David Nutt
The criminalisation of drugs has almost no impact on drug use, denies access to proven medical treatments and disproportionately targets people of colour. Yet the idea that drugs are ‘evil’ and that drug users are criminals is entrenched in international and domestic law. How can we begin to shift this point of view? What are […]
Interview: 40 Years in Prison, 40 Years of Struggle: An Interview with John Bowden
Connor Woodman
Prison organiser John Bowden was recently released after 40 years of incarceration. Connor Woodman sat down with him to discuss the prison system and its power relations - and his involvement in an uprising in one of the most repressive segregation units in the UK.
Long Read: Why Do the Police Exist?
Connor Woodman
Long read: When and why were police forces first invented? Connor Woodman takes a look - and argues that far from protecting communities from ‘crime’, the police’s role has always been to control and discipline the working class.
The Burner: The Burner #240: Squid Ink + Prison Viruses
Cummings splashes round the squid ink: will it be enough to escape the consequences? Gary McQuiggin takes a deep dive into the impact of the virus in the prison system in conversation with Oonagh Ryder.
‘I Tried to End My Life’: Covid-19 Exposes the Injustice of ‘never-ending’ Prison Sentences
Naomi Larsson and Alexandra Genova
Under the new coronavirus restrictions, the safety and wellbeing of prisoners still jailed under the draconian and now-abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence will be put at further risk. In an exclusive video and article, prisoners currently serving the sentence speak to Novara Media about how they are being impacted.
The Lockdown: The Never-Ending Sentence
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann are joined by Marion, a campaigner from Smash IPP. The group campaigns to free prisoners still serving the indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection.
The Lockdown: Deaths in State Custody 2: INQUEST
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Deborah Coles, Director of the charity INQUEST.
The Lockdown: Deaths in State Custody 1: Justice for Sean Rigg
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Marcia Rigg, the sister of Sean Rigg who died in police custody in 2008.
The Lockdown: The Lockdown: Gangs and Violence: What’s Going On?
Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Patrick Williams, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, about the media and government focus on ‘gangs’, how this relates to the reality of violence and the impact this has on black and minority ethnic communities in Britain.