Update from Dr Sarah Benn, 55, GP from West Midlands

Thoughts from HMP Foston Hall – Monday 9/5/22:

Imprisonment is not so bad although it’s a ludicrous situation that I’m locked up for peacefully protesting an injunction designed to protect the fossil fuel industry whose time should now be over. A justice system that allows this in the context of a climate and ecological emergency is not fit for purpose – and therefore I will not comply with it.

This morning, eight of us demanded to see the prison governor and that a climate and ecological emergency be declared by the prison. As you might expect, there was no immediate success and some repercussions from our act of collective civil resistance. However the love and support from fellow rebels gave us great strength and resolve in the moment. We will not be bystanders.

Love and Rage,
Sarah.