Environmentalist GP speaks to AusDoc from his prison cell: ‘I have a job pushing the bins around’
Dr Patrick Hart says he realised years ago he would eventually be put in prison for climate change protests.
GP Dr Patrick Hart has started his year in Chelmsford Prison after being convicted in a British court for causing criminal damage while protesting for climate change action.
The 38-year-old smashed 16 petrol pumps with a hammer and sprayed them with orange paint.
Emailing AusDoc from prison, he spoke of being scared for his safety in prison — fears that proved unfounded — and why he suddenly became a climate change activist seven years ago.
He apologised for the “terse” responses, explaining that the prison email system put limits on how much he was allowed to write.
