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The Guardian // World // Europe

‘Compassion and care are being stripped away’: a Just Stop Oil activist on her time in prison

Monday 21st July 2025, 10:32AM

Louise Lancaster reflects on the unique challenges faced by neurodivergent inmates, raising concerns for those left behindLouise Lancaster, 59, was one of a group of Just Stop Oil activists given the longest-ever UK sentences for peaceful protest for planning disruption on the M25 in November 2022. This year, she wrote a diary for the Guardian, detailing her first six months behind bars. Here, written before her release on 8 April and after her sentence was reduced on appeal, she reflects on her final months of incarceration. Continue reading...

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