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.
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. Upon finding it in our respective mailboxes, it caused a stir. A tad like the discovery of gold in Ballarat: a freakin buzz!
12 months into being remanded in custody. I’m still yet to be sentenced – hence I can’t see the end at all.
It’s my first time being inside. My anxiety, fear, depression and mental health are heightened with extra volume.
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!
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.
How many times have you heard these words?
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.
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.
Before anything I am a human being. As I’ve learnt, this is quite important to remember.
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.
I pretty much have to pick and choose who I ring because it costs way too much money to ring each of my kids.
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.
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