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.
12 months into being remanded in custody. I’m still yet to be sentenced – hence I can’t see the end at all.
The jail preaches about priding themselves on keeping family connections, yet they are rejecting child visit applications.
I understand that people have done a lot in my life to better my future – that includes my whole family. And for that I am so grateful to all. "God is good to us all.”
I have read in quite a few issues that other inmates have been feeling the same sting of phone charges that I was.
You can have as many support workers and parole officers as you can get, but it will never make you stop doing crimes. It has to come from within yourself.
I remember our living room used to be filled with hundreds of CDs. My mum is where my love of music came from.
I was always drawing as a kid, and when the opportunity came up to do an art course at age 17 I went for it.
It is not a pleasurable experience. It is very difficult to face all those emotions and reflect over the course of your whole life.
Whilst I appreciate that this issue only affects 0.01% of the prison population, I do find it hard to believe that this issue hasn’t been highlighted previously.
I agree that we should all be held accountable when it comes to our past actions, but what about the system? Is it being held accountable too?
This is the continuous “therapy” I receive from those considered on the “bottom.” Never doubt your goodness.
One thing to keep in mind (and is also relevant) is the unemployment or hygiene wages ($15 approximately).
We want to know why we get treated differently in jail than on the outside.
All we are asking for is a basic improvement to our living conditions and a definite morale booster for deserving inmates.
And from that day on, my very first day, I wasn’t alone – I had 27 brothers and we all looked out for each other.
Sometimes we take things for granted, like our freedom. I've only been in prison a short time compared to some, but I still feel the pinch.
I wonder how it will be when we are released to the outside world, which has not stopped since we have been here.
After being incarcerated in 2017 at 40 years old, I thought this would be my opportunity to finally learn how to spell.
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