How To Talk About Prison When You Get Out
Talking about prison once you’re out in the community can be challenging. It’s difficult to know the right thing to say, or how people might react.
This section is intended to assist readers who will soon be released. We want to help prepare you for the outside.
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Talking about prison once you’re out in the community can be challenging. It’s difficult to know the right thing to say, or how people might react.
We all need identification. Identification (or ID) is a document that proves who you are.

If you’re returning to your partner, it’s normal to feel anxious about living together again. Talk about your hopes and plans before release and keep talking once you go home. Listen to them, and get help early if you’re having relationship problems.

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.

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.


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