Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025

Health

Health is a key to resilience. However, good health can be one of the hardest things to maintain in prison.

This section is dedicated to different aspects of physical and mental health, from exercises and yoga, to strategies for dealing with trauma, providing health inspiration and guidance for people trying to keep healthy inside the challenging setting of prison.

Latest
Ask the Doctor: Diabetes
By Harley Stiebel

Today, inspired by a question from Jon in Victoria, we are talking about diabetes.

ISSUE NO. 15
4 MIN READ
A Warrior Sequence
By Prison Phoenix Trust

These are challenging postures that stretch and strengthen the whole body and challenge the mind. As you breathe in each posture, notice how you feel.

ISSUE NO. 15
2 MIN READ
Previous Editions

ISSUE NO. 14

September 2025

Planking … Let’s Make it a Bit More Challenging!

By Gary Bultitude

Some additional approaches to core strength!

2 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 14

September 2025

Learning From Guilt (the Emotion, Not the Plea!)

By Annalise de Groot

Guilt is intended to be a motivational emotion, allowing us to change behaviour that might cause us to be excluded or persecuted by others in our social groups.

3 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 14

September 2025

Demystifying Hepatitis C

By John

Hep C and I have a long history: In 1999, I was quite young and on remand and they must have given me a hep C test. I didn’t even know what they were testing for at the time.

5 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 13

August 2025

Yoga for a Good Night’s Sleep

By The Prison Phoenix Trust

Trouble sleeping is incredibly common, both in prison and on the outside, and can be frustrating and miserable. Luckily, there are steps you can take to help your self drop off.

2 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 13

August 2025

My Breast Cancer Story, and How It Led to Something Beautiful

By Patrice Capogreco

Doctors believe the cancer had only been there for about 6 months. If I’d left it much longer, things could have been much worse. That’s why I now always say: check yourself, and don’t ignore the signs.

2 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 13

August 2025

When Your Mind Turns Against You: Understanding Depression in Prison

By Steve Rothwell

When it comes to battling depression, often your thoughts are not your own. These thoughts are an inevitable result of being emotionally overwhelmed (in the case of reactive or situational depression) or as a result of imbalances of neurotransmitters in the brain (in the case of clinical depression).

3 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 12

July 2025

‘They Told Me I Had It, and Then They Helped Me Get Rid of It’

This article and artwork were shared with permission by two people currently in custody in NSW.

Getting that kind of help inside meant a lot. There’s not much in here that feels easy, or like people have your back. But this did.

4 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 12

July 2025

Breaking the Cycle of ‘Stuck Point’ Thinking

By Steve Rothwell

The purpose of this article is to raise awareness of the hold that ‘stuck thoughts’ can have over you; to show you how to notice and identify ‘stuck thoughts’, and how to challenge and overcome them.

4 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 11

June 2025

Cell Workout

This was originally submitted to Inside Time by Luke, who is incarcerated in the UK.

A collection of exercises that can be done in a small area of space.

2 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 11

June 2025

‘Lizard Brain’: Fear as an Instinctive Response

By Annalise de Groot

We are hardwired to know how to react to danger – when we perceive a threat, our bodies instantly assess it to determine how we should respond.

3 MIN READ
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