ISSUE NO. 27
October 2026
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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: Acne (Pimples)

By Harley Stiebel

Today, we’re talking about skin, in particular, acne – the annoying pimples you thought would cease once you left the clutches of puberty, and yet, here you are as a 20, 30, 40-year-old still wondering why your skin hates you so much.

ISSUE NO. 28
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2 MIN READ
A green charcoal illustration of someone looking at a pimple in the mirror.
Ethan Cassidy

Previous Editions

ISSUE NO. 17
December 2025
Ask the Doctor: High Blood Pressure
By Harley Stiebel

Blood pressure can be thought of as the speed of the blood whizzing around your blood vessels (arteries). This is affected by two things: your heart and your arteries.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 16
November 2025
Discover Your Strength!
By About Time

This is your chance to focus on yourself, take control of your fitness, and to empower your journey one step at a time.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 16
November 2025
Treating Hep C: My Story
By Simon

I was incarcerated during COVID. I was transferred to Brisbane Correctional Centre for 1 week and then moved to Woodford Correctional Centre for 4 years.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025
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.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025
Ask the Doctor: Diabetes
By Harley Stiebel

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

4 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

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