ISSUE NO. 2
August 2024
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Letters

Mum’s Story

By
Michelle

Michelle is a mother whose son is incarcerated in Victoria.

Joanna Kosinska

How my son being incarcerated has and is affecting me

Well for the first year and a half I tried to cope and handle all of the shock, trauma and every emotion all by myself because I have faced hard times in the past but this was next level. I needed to go to my doctor and was prescribed anti depressants, which I take daily, and even though I struggle to let my thoughts go deep, they do help.

As a mother all I want to do is bring him (my son) home and tell him everything will be ok. I miss him every minute of every day. My focus is always on my son, even though I function every day by working and being around my family and trying to live my life as normal as I can, but it’s not normal. I’m always preoccupied, thinking and wondering if he’s ok and safe. I feel like I can’t get 100% on with my life in peace until he comes home.

On a positive note, I feel like me, my son and my whole family have found our inner strengths from this whole tragedy. And at the moment I’m just living each day by day until my son comes home to his family.

How my son being incarcerated has and is affecting me

Well for the first year and a half I tried to cope and handle all of the shock, trauma and every emotion all by myself because I have faced hard times in the past but this was next level. I needed to go to my doctor and was prescribed anti depressants, which I take daily, and even though I struggle to let my thoughts go deep, they do help.

As a mother all I want to do is bring him (my son) home and tell him everything will be ok. I miss him every minute of every day. My focus is always on my son, even though I function every day by working and being around my family and trying to live my life as normal as I can, but it’s not normal. I’m always preoccupied, thinking and wondering if he’s ok and safe. I feel like I can’t get 100% on with my life in peace until he comes home.

On a positive note, I feel like me, my son and my whole family have found our inner strengths from this whole tragedy. And at the moment I’m just living each day by day until my son comes home to his family.

An Idea to Reduce Drugs and Violence in Prison

By Melissa

I have been in the system a long time. I believe that we as prisoners should be heard a lot more.

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We Want to Get Healthy in Prison – So Why Can’t We Buy Protein Powder?

By Joeby

Here at MCC we are limited to weight bags and medicine balls. We cannot purchase creatine or protein powders, training gloves or any other essential items that other prisoners at other centres can purchase.

Letters

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First Time In Prison, 3000km From Family

By Deanno

I just want to get back to my home state WA so I can do my time with my family support where I’m happy and have all my supports.

Letters

ISSUE NO. 20

1 MIN READ

Discovering Buddhism in Prison

By Chris

Buddhism teaches that pain is a part of being human, not a failure. Thoughts are not who you are, change is always possible because nothing is permanent. There is beauty in the idea that peace isn’t something you chase, it’s something you uncover when you stop clinging.

Letters

ISSUE NO. 20

2 MIN READ

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