I am in jail for breaking windows at JP Morgan, the biggest funder of fossil fuels. Here's why I did it

I believe the civil disobedience of ordinary people can secure great change. I do what I can - and accept the consequences

Amy Pritchard is the first person to be jailed for a campaign that targeted banks across London

Every day I struggle to hold the insanity of our collective behaviour within me - in my psyche, my heart and my body. The harm we are causing to ourselves, to our fellow humans and all other beings, and our incredible, beautiful home, is horrific. Yet I know that what I think and feel is a healthy response to what's going on.

In April 2021, Frans Timmermans, the vice-president of the EU commission, said: Today's children will face a future of fighting wars for water and food." We are already facing significant impacts on our harvests here. The prospect of wars over resources and conflict caused by and exacerbated by climatic conditions is an almost unbearable intergenerational injustice. The loss of biodiversity, meanwhile, will erode the foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, law and order, health and quality of life worldwide.

Amy Pritchard, an agricultural and woodland worker from Liverpool, was jailed for 10 months on 12 June 2024 after being found guilty of criminal damage. This is an edited extract of her mitigation statement. Last year, she was also jailed for using the words climate change" and fuel poverty" in court, contrary to the judge's order.

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