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Finding ‘About Time’ and Finding My Voice Again

By

Vanessa

Vanessa writes from a prison in WA.

Ike Curtis

To About Time,

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I only just discovered the prison newspaper last month in April 2026.

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I spent all day reading and sharing the newspaper here at Melaleuca Women’s Prison.

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I had only just begun writing again since getting incarcerated this year in January.

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When I found out about About Time I was excited to be able to write in to the national prison newspaper. At the time I had no idea what to write. I wanted to enter the writing competition but the subject “Food For Thought”, is one of my least favourite food sayings!

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So I was a little put off and tried a couple attempts to write something about it, not succeeding in my attempts. I do look forward to reading some of the submitted written work of others and possibly hope to enter into the next writing competition!

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From Vanessa

This
letter
was originally printed in the
July 2026
edition of About Time.
By Kate

Each day I wake up in here I’m re-shocked, so to speak…how on Earth has life gotten to this point for me? For a while there I was waiting for Ashton Kutcher to jump out and tell me I’d been “Punk’d”.

ISSUE NO. 27
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2 MIN READ
By Adrian

There is a particular part of our prison populations that seems to have been forgotten, that gets no mention and yet these people who are the ones that need help and support when incarcerated with a unique set of issues that just aren’t recognised.

ISSUE NO. 27
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3 MIN READ
By Marley

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

ISSUE NO. 27
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2 MIN READ
By Stephen

What’s been happening at your prison at the moment? Our frequency of ‘lock-ins’ is increasing to about 2 per week while staff do training for the handover.

ISSUE NO. 27
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2 MIN READ

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