ISSUE NO. 5
November 2024
Donate Here

Letters

Another Housing Crisis

Kelly Flanagan is a First Nations artist and writer with lived experience of the Victorian prison system. She is an advocate for women and social justice, drawing on her experience to challenge systemic harm. Kelly is currently writing her first book and is a proud member of Flat Out and the FIGJAM Collective.

Willy Pleasance

About Time Magazine,

I appreciate seeing my artwork in the recent edition of the Magazine :) Looks great. Thank you so much. My artist name is Aalayah and I am currently serving a sentence at DPFC. I sell my artwork via The Torch for Victorian prisoners, where my work can be found under my artist name Aalyah. It was such a pleasant surprise to see it. I will keep in touch as I am very eager to write some papers on the lack of housing available for women who go out on parole in Victoria. This is currently an issue I am facing and I would like to call it out and have it published. I was due for parole in March, and my parole is approved but there is no housing for me to go to. It’s amazing how easily they can put me in jail and take away my house, cars, and life then not be held responsible to release me with the basic human necessities I need to live. If you could send me some information in regards to women’s housing after prison, so I can start to put together a paper. Anything at all would be appreciated.

Kind regards,

Kelly, DPFC

About Time Magazine,

I appreciate seeing my artwork in the recent edition of the Magazine :) Looks great. Thank you so much. My artist name is Aalayah and I am currently serving a sentence at DPFC. I sell my artwork via The Torch for Victorian prisoners, where my work can be found under my artist name Aalyah. It was such a pleasant surprise to see it. I will keep in touch as I am very eager to write some papers on the lack of housing available for women who go out on parole in Victoria. This is currently an issue I am facing and I would like to call it out and have it published. I was due for parole in March, and my parole is approved but there is no housing for me to go to. It’s amazing how easily they can put me in jail and take away my house, cars, and life then not be held responsible to release me with the basic human necessities I need to live. If you could send me some information in regards to women’s housing after prison, so I can start to put together a paper. Anything at all would be appreciated.

Kind regards,

Kelly, DPFC

Sistas, Support Each Other!

By Anonymous

This letter is to remind you all that, as Sistas, we need to be there for one another to raise women up.

Letters

ISSUE NO. 23

2 MIN READ

Strip Searches

By Nikita

It’s daunting enough when you get arrested by police, then placed into custody and thrown into a cell. Then you have to go through a degrading strip search.

Letters

ISSUE NO. 23

1 MIN READ

If It’s Broken, Then Fix It

By Andrew

I’ve spent most of my adult life behind bars, and I’m not proud to say it. It’s been such a bloody waste.

Letters

ISSUE NO. 23

3 MIN READ

Routine is Good, Not Bad

By Dane

Anyone who has spent a significant amount of time in prison can relate to the concept of prison rituals and routines.

Letters

ISSUE NO. 23

3 MIN READ

Welcome to About Time

About Time is the national newspaper for Australian prisons and detention facilities

Your browser window currently does not have enough height, or is zoomed in too far to view our website content correctly. Once the window reaches the minimum required height or zoom percentage, the content will display automatically.

Alternatively, you can learn more via the links below.

Donations via GiveNow

Email

Instagram

LinkedIn

Help Us Keep Publishing About Time

Without About Time, I don’t know where I would be – Mark, from a prison in Victoria

We need your help so that we can print and distribute the paper to every person in every prison for at least the next year. We value whatever you can spare, no matter how big or small.

Australia’s prison population is growing, and our many prisons are spread far and wide.

We need your help so that we can print and distribute the paper to every person in every prison for at least the next year. We need your help to cover postage for anyone who sends us a letter from the inside.

We value whatever you can spare, no matter how big or small.