10 h. ago My message from prison: Just Stop Oil may be ending civil disruption, but the struggle must go on | Indigo Rumbelow

We forced the government to take some action, but still it closes it eyes to the impending climate collapse. A new method of confrontation is neededIndigo Rumbelow is co-founder of Just Stop Oil. She is currently on remand in HMP StyalAfter three years, Just Stop Oil is ending its campaign of non-violent civil disruption: we are hanging up the high-vis. But this does not mean the resistance is over. Sitting here in a prison cell in HMP Styal, I am still demanding an end to oil and gas. Every prison key that rattles, every door that is bolted shut, every letter that is read by the prison staff – it all reminds me that 15 Just Stop Oil supporters are currently locked up for refusing to obey governments whose climate inaction is frankly murderous.There has been some progress. The Labour government was elected last year on a manifesto including the pledge that they will “not issue new licences to explore new [oil and gas] fields”. This is a victory for civil resistance and the climate m...

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49 h. ago Monster dad who murdered wife and daughters makes stunning accusations against his mistress in twisted prison letters

In the never-before-seen notes, the father, 39, points fingers at everyone but himself for the murder of his wife, Shanann, and daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3

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8 d. ago 'Flirty' prison officer and inmate exposed as burned love letters found by cops

Niamh Lloyd began working at the category B jail when she was just 19, but her supervisors noticed she was 'displaying flirtatious behaviour', particularly towards career criminal Lee Makin

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9 d. ago Prison officer's affair with lag unravelled after police scour burned love letters

Supervisors of prison officer Niamh Lloyd raised concerns about her behaviour whilst she was working in the prison, uncovering a letter which wrote of her sordid affair with an inmate.

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2 w. ago ‘The prison system is insanely broken’: a climate activist on his experience in jail

George Simonson says you learn about society by seeing how it treats its prisoners – and jail has strengthened his belief that change is crucialGeorge Simonson, 24, from London, had recently graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Edinburgh when he was given a 24-month custodial sentence for climbing a gantry over the M25 in 2022. He was also found guilty of criminal damage and sentenced to a further six-week custodial sentence for spraying paint on a wall of Exeter University in 2023. He sent this letter from prison before he was released in January.I remember the day I was sentenced like it was yesterday. I was filled with anxiety the entire time. It’s a strange situation to be in, not knowing whether or not you’d have your liberty at the end of the day, or for how long it might be taken away. My mind was racing and I had no idea how to operate. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Primary school teacher who tried to smuggle £17k of drugs into prison stashed inside legal letters is banned for life

Wembley primary school teacher Vivienne Williams posted a number of fake packages soaked in the Class B drug Spice, that were destined for prisons in Nottingham, Cardiff and Wandsworth.

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