ISSUE NO. 27
October 2026
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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.

Latest

Medication Saved My Life After I Lost Custody of My Son

By Bec

It was a relief to receive a formal diagnosis this year, after a tumultuous time, and medication saved my life and has helped me feel more stable emotionally than I’ve ever felt.

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A green charcoal illustration of medication.
Ethan Cassidy
By Marley

An interview with Marley, who writes from a prison in QLD.

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By Justin

An interview with Justin, from a prison in NSW.

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By Briar

Homelessness, addiction, no family, turned right back to what got us here in the first place. I think this is a huge problem for especially young vulnerable women to have more support on release!

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By Julian

Over the past 5 years I have completed numerous courses and obtained tickets for forklift – working at heights, confined space, first aid, and test and tag.

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By Steven

Being an older gay man myself, I have noticed a lot of younger guys in here are maybe a little confused about their sexuality.

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Previous Editions

ISSUE NO. 18
January 2026
Program Helping My Mental Health
By Anonymous

GROW is a community-based national organisation that works on mental wellbeing using a 12 step program of personal growth of mutual help and support. It operates through weekly peer support groups.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 18
January 2026
Education Not Incarceration
By Jack

Why are jails so populated by people who are uneducated? What is being missed by the courts and cops and the community that the process of jailing people is formed around the process of not educating people or not identifying the problems in school?

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 18
January 2026
My Advice to Others Inside
By Aaron

I’ve made the most of my time in jail this time and have made myself a promise to not just waste my time here, but to learn as much as I can, study, get fit, do as many programs as possible, and come out a better person than I came in as. I've achieved that, and more.

3 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 18
January 2026
The Need for Compassion in End-of-Life Prison Care
By Laurence

What I’m hoping to achieve by writing this is awareness of the care I receive and the stubbornness of the exceptional circumstances parole in Queensland.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 18
January 2026
The Cost of Contact – New Prison Phone Fees Punish the Poor
By Anonymous

We are encouraged to maintain contact with our support people, our wives, our families, and our friends. This upcoming price increase will reduce the amount of contact we will be able to have with our supports.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 17
December 2025
How I’ve GROWn
By Trevor

GROW is a community-based national organisation that works on mental wellbeing using a 12-step program of personal growth, mutual help and support. It operates through weekly peer support groups.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 17
December 2025
‘Protection’ at the Cost of Human Rights
By Timmy

In New South Wales, there were previously three levels of protective custody for vulnerable inmates, such as myself, who have autism spectrum disorder and other mental health issues.

1 MIN RED
ISSUE NO. 17
December 2025
Rest in Paradise, Alithea
By Adrielle

I am writing to you about my one and only older sister, Alithea. RIP. It’s been 2 months since I lost you.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 17
December 2025
Let Them Go Home
By Ed

Well, I’m writing this letter in relation to the housing crisis, which is a problem for many inmates trying to find a place to live.

2 MIN READ

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