It is not a pleasurable experience. It is very difficult to face all those emotions and reflect over the course of your whole life.

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?

The Storytime program, run in prisons in NSW, Queensland and WA, records fathers reading stories and sends them to their kids on the outside.

A successful Australia-first drug and alcohol rehabilitation program in a WA prison will soon shut down due to overcrowding.

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There is no doubt in Hayley’s mind about the importance of the program that allowed her to care for and train a dog while in prison. “It saved my life,” she says. 

Every Saturday morning in four prisons around the country, a 5km fun run takes place.