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Even though it looks like Santa has forgotten us this year, we both have some ill-defined, unspoken hope that it will be a better day.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Remember to be kind to one another over the festive season.
The biggest issue is the lack of transparency and continuous changes in direction.
I miss out on small talks such as what other prisoners are really feeling to bigger things such as how to make a complaint against case notes.
I am writing today to draw attention to Youth Crime, and I'm not meaning 16 and 17 year olds. I’m talking about 10, 11 and 12 year olds.
I spent about 13 years at the maximum-security Port Phillip Prison but am now at a medium security, Loddon. I have been here for almost two years now and since coming here have gotten into poetry.
During a long stay of about 6 months in prison, I came across a few fellow inmates who needed help with sorting their pile(s) of mixed documents which were kept in one or two used envelopes.
As you can see there is not much cash to spend. So there is always someone worse off than you.
I thought I could enlighten you on how this prison's day to day works.
I will write to you and try to fill you guys in with what's happening in QLD prisons, especially Wolston.
The thing is, I love prison. I love it so much that I seem to be constantly on a reckless path when I'm out to either die, or come back to prison.
Ever since I made the change, I really started to see others and how their lack of control led themselves to their own demise, without even the slightest bit of realisation.
Prison pen-pal programs have been found to improve the health and wellbeing of those in prison, and their rehabilitation, thanks to improved connections with
the general community.
The latest in criminal justice around the country, including prison overcrowding in WA, government stalls on gambling reforms, new reforms strengthening laws against strangulation and more.
The journey back to employment for women with a criminal record can be challenging but also transformative. It requires a comprehensive approach that addresses immediate needs, builds skills, provides support, creates valuable employment opportunities and tackles systemic barriers.
The Untold Stories of Injustice is a five-part radio series that features a collection of interviews, discussions and events highlighting the experiences of folks who have been incarcerated in so-called Victoria, Australia.
Skip forward a month; a year; and an odd decade (or 5), and I realised that without embracing change in our lives (or how we see things) we only risk relegating ourselves to stagnation.
If parole was ever about rehabilitation, it’s not really the feeling I get now. It feels more like an exercise in assessing the risk to the community, not about reintegrating people.
Monday: I've spent the last hour at the wing pool table losing badly to some madman from Amsterdam. I didn't imagine there'd be a pool table in maximum security but the prisoners enforce respect for it.
People use rhetorical ploys to try to convince you of doing or believing something that benefits them.
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Tokyo now has fifty per cent more inhabitants than the entirety of Australia, and there are more seventeen year-olds in India than there are people in Australia.
Anger is an alert siren that tells us when our boundaries have been violated or when our needs have not been met. Healthy anger involves expressing ourselves and working towards a resolution.
Sift flour into a large mixing bowl. Stir through grated cheese, bacon, onion and garlic. Gently mix in milk, ensuring well combined without over-mixing.
Whether we get thrown off balance or find a cooler way of handling such things depends largely on the state of our nervous system.
Join the dozens of law firms and other organisations advertising in Australia’s monthly prison newspaper.
Parole is a process that gives some people the ability to get out of prison and serve the last part of their sentence in the community, under the supervision of Community Corrections (which used to be known as Probation and Parole).
Financial counsellors are skilled professionals who provide advice and support to people struggling with bills and debt.
As well as feeling excited about your release, you may also be feeling fearful that something will go wrong so that your release will be delayed, or that you won’t be able to make it once you’re released.
Four new artworks from First Nations artists.
The art and pottery rooms are good for us fellas to get together and share a space that is culturally relevant. It helps to strengthen our cultural ties and bond as Aboriginal men in a positive and helpful environment.
The story of this painting is of a "Sand Goanna" which is the totem of a brother who has travelled through the "Dark Side" of life struggling on unstable ground.
Here are some tips for writing a review, courtesy of the Prison Journalism Project.
His message is simple but powerful: no matter how difficult life gets, we can choose to be kind, be grateful, and find joy.
Now in its 14th year, ‘Artists with Conviction’ is an exhibition of art and writing by people at the Risdon facilities as well as people on parole in Tasmania.
Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company (SDTC) began running art workshops with women at Fairlea Women’s Prison over forty years ago.
As I strive to read this paper, I am constantly bombarded with various forms of attempted conversation.
In the past, I laughed at tree huggers, sandalwood-scented hippy buggers. But all that hatred was ill-fated, now that I'm incarcerated.
Where once I held, a life so charmed, so clean. So pure. Not odd!
One day we will part, “Yes” you and me, that’s the day they set you free.
I think that God is dead, and he really isn't there, or maybe he is on strike, and he just doesn't care.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is this man I see? Mirror, mirror, on the wall, that man there can't be me?
In the quiet of my heart, I confess, a burden of guilt, a silent distress.
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