Australia's National Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

ISSUE NO. 9
APRIL 2025
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Contributors

Kelly

Kelly writes from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Victoria.

ISSUE NO. 5

November 2024

Another Housing Crisis

By Kelly

I was due for parole in March, and my parole is approved but there is no housing for me to go to.

2 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 4

October 2024

The Cost of Connecting With Loved Ones From Prison

By Kelly

I am a prisoner at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and have been since February 2022. I have no family in Melbourne that can visit me in person. Nor do they drop off property or top up my account with money. I solely rely on my wages from working a full-time job inside the prison.

12 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

‘Parole Pending Housing’: An Impossibility

By Kelly

“Parole approved pending housing.” This is by far the worst sentence I have heard in prison.

6 MIN READ

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