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Issue 16 is not an interview. It is a response.

In this episode, writers, editors, and contributors from The View Magazine reflect on the themes, questions, and tensions explored in Issue 16 — justice, resistance, wrongful imprisonment, mental health, Gaza, and institutional failure.

These are personal reflections, professional insight, and honest reactions to stories that demand attention.

What you’re hearing is only part of the conversation. The full writing, research, and visuals live in the pages of Issue 16.

Issue 16 is available now. Subscribe to access the full writing, research, and visuals that bring these conversations to life.

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What happens when women in prison need healthcare—and no one listens?

In this episode, we examine the systemic failures in women’s prison healthcare through a powerful conversation with human rights solicitor Rebecca Alonso. We explore how outsourced services, understaffing, and gender-blind medical systems leave women in pain, ignored, and without accountability.

Drawing on lived experiences documented in The View magazine, we look at why the state’s duty of care cannot be outsourced, how international law can strengthen legal challenges, and what real reform could look like—from proper oversight to NHS pathways that actually work.

Healthcare is a human right. It shouldn’t end at the prison gate.

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Narrator and Host: Sophia Franco

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What happens when the justice system asks for a victim impact statement, then offers no support?

In this episode of Rebel Justice, we speak with Rhia Canady, founder of Flygirl Foundation, about life on remand, the shock of release, and the stigma faced by mothers serving short sentences.

Rhia shares how she survived Eastwood Park, why post-release systems fail women, and how Flygirl Foundation is building trauma-informed, lived-experience-led pathways rooted in dignity and prevention.

Flygirl Foundation website: https://www.flygirlfoundation.co.uk

Instagram: @flygirlfoundation_cic

LinkedIn: Rhia Canady

Rebel Justice Instagram: @the_view_magazines

If you have lived experience and want your story heard, reach out — we’re here to help amplify your voice.

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A mother loses her children for eight and a half months after a mental health crisis—then fights her way back and builds a movement from that pain. Amy shares how Her Circle grew from an empty room into a charity designed by women with lived experience, focused on recovery, research, and systems change that keep dignity at the centre.

We unpack complex motherhood: the overlapping pressures of poverty, domestic abuse, poor mental health, substance use, disability and criminal justice contact that push families to a breaking point. Amy challenges the myth that removal equals abuse, revealing how a lack of practical support can force “voluntary” care, how risk-averse assessments punish women for male violence, and why the system often confuses unmet needs with intentional harm. She explains how Her Circle restores ownership—through peer-led groups, arts, health and recovery work—and why anonymous access matters when honesty can be used against you.

Drawing on the Still a Mam and Listening Project studies, we explore six recurring themes: the need for trust, anxiety-aware assessments, real advocacy, and time frames that match recovery. We also get candid about resistance from institutions, the cost of speaking up, and the line between collaboration and complicity. The roadmap is practical and hopeful: move perpetrators, not babies; provide mother-and-baby options close to home; reduce procedural pressure to improve outcomes; and build local hubs that nurture long-term recovery.

To learn more about Amy’s work and the charity Her Circle, visit: https://www.hercirclene.co.uk

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What if the safest path to psychedelic healing starts with strong laws, trained facilitators, and honest conversations about risk? We sit down with legal advocates and a licensed psychotherapist to map a responsible route from stigma to structure—one that replaces the shadows of the underground with clarity, ethics, and care.

We unpack how regulation reduces harm and expands access: vetted substances, licensed facilitators, and supportive settings that protect people during intense emotional work. A personal story of loss shows how grief became fuel for drug policy reform, while the Psychedelic Bar Association reveals how lawyers are reimagining their own profession—challenging colonial norms, preventing burnout, and drafting smarter rules for an emerging field. Their committees operate like focused think tanks, shaping legalisation and regulation, intellectual property, litigation strategies, and business practices that centre reciprocity and indigenous stewardship.

On the clinical side, therapist Trevor explains why psychedelics can be powerful tools for depression, anxiety, PTSD, and dissociation, especially when traditional medications plateau. We explore dosing from psycholytic to full, the difference between quick symptom relief and deep structural change, and why integration—not the session itself—often decides the outcome. We also address stigma’s roots in the drug war, racism, and political control, and the hopeful shift driven by research at institutions like Johns Hopkins and new centres for psychedelic law and policy. Safety isn’t hand-waved; it’s designed through screening, containment, supervision, and follow-up, with clear caveats for higher-risk substances.

If you’re curious about how policy, psychotherapy, and ethics can align to make psychedelic care safer and more effective, this conversation offers a realistic blueprint and a humane tone. Subscribe, share with someone who needs a thoughtful take on psychedelics, and leave a review to help others find it. What guardrails matter most to you?

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What if the most practical path to justice starts with listening harder than we speak? We sit down with Judith Moran, director of Quaker Social Action, to trace a journey from Victorian philanthropy to community-led solutions that protect dignity in the face of poverty, grief, and homelessness. Grounded in a clear definition of poverty as a lack of resources to meet minimum needs—including social participation—Judith shows how co-creation leads to services that work in the real world.

We unpack how QSA uses unrestricted funding to test ideas and build what’s missing. Down to Earth grew from a single story of bereavement and debt into the UK’s leading support for funeral poverty, guiding families through affordable, meaningful choices while driving sector-wide change. That frontline credibility powered the Fair Funerals campaign, cross-party support in Parliament, and a Competition and Markets Authority investigation that set the stage for tighter industry regulation and improvements to funeral expenses payments. Alongside policy wins, we explore Turn a Corner, a mobile library for people experiencing homelessness that restores agency and human connection through books, learning, and conversation.

Judith’s leadership lens—think it possible you may be mistaken—runs through everything: building blame-free culture, choosing consensus over ego, and treating integrity as a daily practice. We talk honestly about the cost of living crisis, the lingering shock of the pandemic, and a growing poverty of hope. We look at equity, diversity, and inclusion as unlearning and learning rather than a checklist, and we name the sector’s hardest questions: how to fund responsibly, who should lead, and when to collaborate or step aside. If you care about social justice, nonprofit innovation, bereavement support, homelessness, and policy change rooted in lived experience, this conversation offers a practical roadmap and a dose of courage.

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The courtroom looks orderly from the gallery, but behind the wigs and gowns is a profession running on grit, late nights, and vending machines. We sit down with criminal defense barrister Kate Kelleher and the Criminal Bar Association’s James Rosseter to reveal how the Criminal Bar keeps fairness alive while the system strains at every seam.

Kate maps the quiet collapse of camaraderie since the pandemic: fewer juniors, downsized chambers, and loose networks that used to provide feedback, mentorship, and the small kindness of a post‑trial debrief. James connects these human shifts to structural problems, understaffed teams, equipment failures, and disclosure errors that still derail trials decades after notorious miscarriages of justice. The stories range from judges’ dinners that changed careers to real cases halted when phone data surfaced late, and to the absurdity of hunting a treasury tag while a jury waits. Small details, no café, no time, no space to talk, compound into big risks for fair trials.

We explore the emotional toll the public rarely sees: flashbacks that intrude at bedtime, the discipline to avoid alcohol during trial, and the recurring fear of not being able to protect one’s own child in a police station. Kate draws a vital line between legal guilt and religious or moral guilt, reminding us that beyond a reasonable doubt is more than a phrase, it is the standard that protects us all. With local court reporting fading, the everyday work of justice disappears from view, leaving only sensational headlines and thin narratives. What gets lost is the humanity of people who still show up, hungry and exhausted, to make sure no stone is left unturned.

If you care about justice reform, open courts, the Criminal Bar, and the real mechanics of fair trials, this conversation is your front-row seat. Subscribe, share, and leave a review to help more listeners find stories that show how justice actually works, and how it can work better.

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Justice feels distant until it isn’t. We open the doors to a courtroom few ever truly see, where trauma arrives with every case and formality—the wig, the gown, the ritual—exists to contain it. With barrister Kate Kelleher and Criminal Bar Association communications lead James Rossiter, we explore how lawyers hold the line between empathy and evidence while facing impossible timelines and rising complexity.

Across candid stories and sharp analysis, we examine why language matters—why “victim” becomes “complainant” until a verdict—and what that means for fairness. We look at fitness-to-plead, the spillover from a strained mental health system, and the human toll of trials drifting into 2027 and even 2029.
We also tackle prevention. School exclusions that push children to the streets, social media that rewards impulse, and the loss of everyday boundaries mean too many meet their first real limit in court. Amid that, barristers carry years of detail, reheated at each review, with little time to build trust with clients. Victim personal statements can validate pain but seldom change sentences, revealing the emotional and legal limits woven through modern justice. This conversation is clear-eyed, humane, and grounded in lived practice.

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Guest: Kate Kalleher & James Rossiter

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Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media]

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