ISSUE NO. 23
JUNE 2026

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Being in prison can be monotonous. With not much to do and a lot of time ahead of them, people are bound to get bored and restless.

Quizzes, puzzles and games can be light-hearted fun and help people inside take their mind off things and just play for a moment.

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Colouring In

By Edward

Edward sent in this drawing that can be coloured in, from a prison in NSW.

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By Edward, from a prison in NSW

Crossword

Can you find all the words from the clues?

Meme of the Month

Meicho writes from a prison in QLD.

Quiz

Test your general knowledge on our monthly quiz!

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Bad Jokes

If you have some better jokes please send them to us!

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Sudoku

Fill the grid so every row, column and box contains the numbers 1-9 once.

Nine Letter Word

How many words can you make using these nine letters?

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Riddles

How many of these riddles can you solve!

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Jokes

A joke sent from Cessnock CC, NSW.

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Boggle

Discover as many words as possible. A word can only be formed if each letter is side-by-side, above or below, or on the diagonal with the next.

ISSUE NO. 7
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Card Game – Blitz

Play this card game with your friends! The aim of the game is to have a hand equal to or as close to 31 as possible. The player with the lowest hand loses.

ISSUE NO. 7
February 2025

Word Morph

Morph one word into another by changing one letter at a time.

ISSUE NO. 7
February 2025

Quiz

How many of this month's quiz questions do you know?

ISSUE NO. 7
February 2025

Crossword

Can you find all the words from the clues?

ISSUE NO. 6
December 2024

Caption This...

What would you caption the below photo? Click through and tell us in the comments!

ISSUE NO. 6
December 2024

Card Game – Crazy Eights

Play this card game with your friends! The first player to get rid of all their cards first is the winner.

ISSUE NO. 6
December 2024

Bad Jokes

If you have a better joke please send them to us because these ones are terrible!

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