Last year, Morgan Trowland was one of two Just Stop Oil protesters sentenced to more than two and a half years in prison for scaling the Dartford crossing.
The sentences handed down to Trowland and Marcus Decker are the longest sentences yet given to non-violent protesters in the UK. Now, after his release on licence last month, Trowland says the 13 months he spent behind bars hardly felt like punishment at all.
Prison shouldn’t be a punishment tho
Next up: the UK brings back hard-labour sentences
That’s a lot of time, come on man…
Glad on him for taking it on the chin.
“It’s fine, the bars are meant to separate good from bad people”
— Thoreau (analogously)
Sorry for the bite, just spelling out what it implies for me: It invites everyone to ponder why you are on the other side and what you are doing with that privilege.
Really interesting, thanks!