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Podcast: Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic
Episode: From State Prison Skinheads to helping people find their way out of extremism
Description: Ed Schofield's story has it all. The former extremist was imprisoned and had to fend for himself. He started the State Prison Skinheads after he became radicalised by friends who introduced him to the ideologies of white supremacy as a why of explaining why he ended up in the clink. It was reading and questioning the ideologies he was led to believe were right that resulted in him leaving the movement. He discusses him time behind bars, the consequences of leaving a movement, and the wins former extremists sometimes get when they can get younger folks to reassess their view...