Congratulations on the launch of About Time. I can only imagine how many obstacles you have navigated to successfully sail the product into Australia’s prisons, and from where I sit it was very warmly received by the inmates, security and medical staff that I share time with. Well done, and thank you for delivering us something we didn’t know we needed until we received it!

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I’ve written a lot of content over the past year, but I think most of it would be unsuitable to print, and so I’ve written a bit about my story that might be useful to you. I write poetic portraits of my fellow inmates in a Henry Lawson style of short stories that are littered with profanities (and toilet humour). I can forward an example if you like, but my current project might be more useful as it is an investigative journalism piece that focuses in on the hot topic of gender-based violence and the astounding amount of men that are imprisoned for breaching intervention orders (and what little is being done inside to rehabilitate men that have crossed that line).

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One question I would like answered is: what happens to the items you receive? Are they scanned and put into a folder, or are they thrown out after use (or not used)? I have no way of making a copy of anything I send out, and if you have no process for keeping any of the content you are given, I will look into sending a letter to a friend to photocopy and send via email.

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Thanks so much for your time, and I look forward to your response.

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Much love,

Mark