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