Australia's National Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

ISSUE NO. 12
JULY 2025

Reintegration

This section is intended to assist readers who will soon be released. We want to help prepare you for the outside.

We rely on relevant experts to provide monthly themed educational content about reintegration services and opportunities.

Latest
From Prison to Purpose: How I Found Freedom, Brotherhood, and Peace
By Ronin Cruise

If I had found freedom in prison, then what was even the point trying to fit in with society?

ISSUE NO. 12
4 MIN READ
Alice Hartrik
Holding On to the Dream
By Tabitha Lean & Debbie Kilroy

Everyone has the right to dream. To expect. To imagine a version of life where we get to decide who we are – not just live with who we’ve been told we are. That kind of dreaming is powerful. It keeps something alive in us. Something worth fighting for.

ISSUE NO. 12
2 MIN READ
Previous Editions

ISSUE NO. 2

August 2024

From Prison to the Outside: Dealing With the Loneliness

By Community Restorative Centre (republished from the 'Survival on the Outside' guide)

Feeling isolated and lonely is very common after you’ve left prison. In prison you didn’t expect to open up to people and enjoy their company. Now you’re outside, it takes time to relax and be friendly to people.

10 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 1

July 2024

Housing and Homelessness

By Community Restorative Centre and About Time

Homelessness is often the biggest worry that people have when being released from custody. A lot of people leave prison not sure of where they will live. This section gives a rough outline of how people can look for homelessness services and different types of accommodation.

12 MIN READ
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