Australia's National Prison Newspaper

Australia's National Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

ISSUE NO. 8
MARCH 2025
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Letters

About Time dedicates many of its pages to publishing the letters of people in prison, as well as from their family and friends.

This is the centrepiece of the paper: a platform for people to share their experiences and learn from each other.

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Hope and Solidarity – a Freakin' Buzz!
Hope and Solidarity – a Freakin' Buzz!
Hope and Solidarity – a Freakin' Buzz!
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By Joe
By Joe

I write to extend feedback – re: your monthly paper. I must say that it was with more than the usual measuring spoon of interest that most here @ MRC welcomed its arrival.

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Markus Spiske
My Time in Here Will Not Define Me
My Time in Here Will Not Define Me
My Time in Here Will Not Define Me
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By Storm
By Storm

12 months into being remanded in custody. I’m still yet to be sentenced – hence I can’t see the end at all.

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3 MIN READ
'Forest Sky' by Mimo, $160, #5733, 60cm x 98cm, acrylic on canvas, available to purchase at https://www.nsw.gov.au/arts-and-culture/boom-gate-gallery
Another Day in Paradise
By Noah

Prison reflects you like a mirror, you regret every mistake in your life. Everything. And if you want, it brings you back on the right way.

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‘Maximum Security (The Zoo)’ by Tony, 2022, acrylic on canvas, Boom Gate Gallery
Running for Your Life
By George

I was 40 years old when I was incarcerated and I could barely run around the block.

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3 MIN READ
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By Paul

I now live in hope that I can find peace within myself, and there is a faint light at the end of a very long tunnel.

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3 MIN READ
By Wendy

I'll never come back to this place, but I’ll always respect the time that I’ve spent in here, and I understand now how and why people return to this place.

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4 MIN READ
By Rachel

Wow, I won the caption comp for December… I’ve never won anything and the whole jail is congratulating me.

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By Kerrin

With even the prison staff in industries agreeing that our pay rates are ridiculous, how do things stay the same?

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4 MIN READ
By Patrick

The lack of housing is creating a backlog for inmates who otherwise would be eligible for parole.

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By Alex

Dad would always say “there’s something about toiling in the garden, getting your hands in soil, it earths me out.”

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By George

I am the volunteer garden billet and some of my responsibilities are garden plot allocation and seed distribution.

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Previous Editions

ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

An Impossible Choice

By Wendy

I pretty much have to pick and choose who I ring because it costs way too much money to ring each of my kids.

3 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

You Forget How to Love

By Dave

Now about jail and what it does to you inside: you learn to suppress your feelings and show your anger or bravado. But what happens then to you? You forget how to love.

3 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

"Use Your Time”, Don’t “Do Your Time”

By Ronan

Before anything I am a human being. As I’ve learnt, this is quite important to remember.

2 MIN READ

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February 2025

What Happened to Christmas Dinners?

By Rocket

I am nearly 72 years of age, and I have been in a prison or institution for all but eight or ten years of my life. So I would know a bit about Christmas lunch in the prison system.

2 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

Never Too Old To Learn

By Jack

A couple of months ago I began attending education here and found a program called “BK SB”, which brings students’ ability to manage English and maths up to scratch.

3 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

"I'm Innocent! I Didn't Do It!"

By David

How many times have you heard these words?

2 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

You Are Worthy

By Jessica

I just read issue 5 November 2024. There was an article titled “Bodies in Cages: Trans Experiences in Prison”. Being a trans woman myself, I wanted to share my story of experience in custody.

3 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

Great Ideas for Prisons

By Kerrin

Look at the bare roofs across our jails, put some solar panels on all of them and turn them all into power stations, effectively reducing power bills everywhere!

2 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

Fences Inside and Around Me

By D.

It’s my first time being inside. My anxiety, fear, depression and mental health are heightened with extra volume.

2 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 6

December 2024

Prison Libraries and a Merry Christmas

By Jack

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Remember to be kind to one another over the festive season.

2 MIN READ
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