Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

ISSUE NO. 16
NOVEMBER 2025

Contributors

Joseph Friedman

Joseph Friedman is About Time's Publisher and contributing writer.

ISSUE NO. 1
July 2024

Welcome to Australia’s National Prison Newspaper

By Joseph Friedman

Australia has never had a regular national prison newspaper. There have been at least 67 prison newsletters and magazines in Australian prison history, but none has been distributed regularly to every cell in the nation. We believe it’s about time that changed.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 2
August 2024

Around the Country – July 2024

By Joseph Friedman

The latest criminal news from around the country, including a boost in investment to the criminal justice system, criticism around new footage of treatment of children in custody and an inquest into the death of Justin James Cordy.

20 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 16
November 2025

Rising Remand Numbers Drive Increase to Victoria’s Prison Population

By Joseph Friedman

The Sentencing Advisory Council report tracks the prison population in Victoria from 2004 to 2024, finding that it grew by 62 per cent in this time, far more than the less than 40 per cent increase in the general population of the state.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 10
May 2025

Recent Major Elections Around the World

By Joseph Friedman

Historically, the party in power (the ‘incumbent’) has had an advantage going into an election. That all changed last year.

6 MIN READ
BREAKING

About Time Launches in Western Australia

By Joseph Friedman

People in prison in Western Australia will soon have access to Australia’s national prison newspaper for the first time, with About Time launching in the state in October.

2 MIN READ

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