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Does What You Do Wrong Define the Rest of Your Life?

By

Marley

Marley writes from a prison in QLD.

So the parole referred me to seek out a security classification to be possibly considered for low security.

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The process seemed like a bit of a run around inside of a maze-like haunted mansion, where all the passage ways only seem to lead back to where I started. But eventually, I learnt that before court is finalised/basically the episodes of being on remand, a prisoner can apply for a security classification.

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Also after a court decision is reached, like after a sentence for instance, the sentence management make a determination on whether to class a person in prison as either high or low security. Apparently, no max classification is applicable to determine security.

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Now, if I remain breach or incident free, meaning no mucking up, for a certain amount of time does this good behaviour then be rewarded with a minimising of security classification reducing from high down to low?

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I found out that after 12 months a prisoner’s security classification is reviewed. So can I actually be considered for low security for remaining incident free for the 12-month period?

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Or am I forever reprimanded a high security classification due to the nature and seriousness of my offences and breach history?

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I’m just asking because I don’t get breached at all anymore, not because I’m trying to behave but it’s like I’m repenting so can I ever be considered for low? And how?

This
letter
was originally printed in the
October 2026
edition of About Time.
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