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“Keep your shit together, don’t let the bastards grind you down,” it said.
Special moments do happen in prison. It was the moment of my life, and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with him.
One thing I dislike is when somebody thinks you can’t do it. There they go underestimating our ability to run it up. Like, righto!
Mistakes are made. Sometimes we don’t always know why or how these mistakes are made. Mistakes can’t be taken back. However, we can learn from them.
Rarely have I heard men, real men, express their “luv” for one another on the outside so regularly as I do in the yard or in the yelling from their cells after muster.
I have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and, as a result, I am allocated one extra piece of fruit every day.
Where would we really be without our Brothers.
I have been incarcerated now for 25 years and I am suffering from a diabetes related sore feet nerve condition.
She was an advocate for us girls, always fighting for a better world, but she was also my best friend, and I’ll miss her every single day.
Why does time move so slow? Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years, year after year. I wonder if other people have ever felt invisible?
I’m fortunate I didn’t end up killing anyone that night. I usually always have a passenger with me, but that night I didn’t have anyone in my car.
It’s estimated that about a third of all people in prison in Australia have a mental health diagnosis. Despite the huge need for support and care, a lack of staffing across the country has meant that many people in prison have been unable to get help.
Including WA Federal Government raising concerns with criminal justice reforms, SA prison placement guidelines reviewed, child incarceration rates increasing in NSW and more.
Heather Calgaret was a proud Yamatji, Noongar, Wongi and Pitjantjatjara woman.
When an individual is assigned a risk classification of low, medium, or high risk by corrections, they have been given this classification through a risk assessment.
Australian men are bulking up at alarming rates. But there’s a toxic truth beneath it all: steroid use.
My name is Leslie. I am a 66-year-old New Zealander and I have been incarcerated since August 2023 on a charge of dangerous driving causing GBH.
I was 12 when Mum went to prison. Instead of crying, I threw myself into planning everything we’d do once she came back.
My name is Michael, and I am a person who has an ABI (acquired brain injury) and I have done a lot of time in prison.
Hep C and I have a long history: In 1999, I was quite young and on remand and they must have given me a hep C test. I didn’t even know what they were testing for at the time.
Guilt is intended to be a motivational emotion, allowing us to change behaviour that might cause us to be excluded or persecuted by others in our social groups.
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Some additional approaches to core strength!
The way the NSW court system deals with bail hearings on weekdays has changed.
If you are charged with breaking a rule in prison, this can result in disciplinary action, in addition to potential criminal charges.
In Queensland, there have been concerns raised about the way DNA evidence is processed and examined in forensic laboratories.
Release can feel like a distant flicker – filled with both hope and uncertainty. But, when the gates open, freedom isn’t just liberating; it can be overwhelming.
Join the dozens of law firms and other organisations advertising in Australia’s monthly prison newspaper.
A selection of classics!
Justice should be upheld for all of those who seek legal support, particularly those from First Nations communities.
This is an exciting initiative, and, as older Aboriginal men, we are genuinely committed to this. We understand suffering and great loss.
Including a piece about reconnecting to family and another about the lands of the Namoi River People.
For grandpas in the 90s, a mid-sized Japanese sedan seemed like a sensible choice. Their hothead days were behind them.
Do not cry by the window, gazing out to the sky. For I’ve not only left you, I’ll never say goodbye.
Window Pane is a reflection of childhood memories, looking outside of my bedroom, locked away.
Life’s not a party my dearest darling, for we partied, now must you party alone.
‘Tis just another day behind the wall, with musters here and musters there, it surely wearies, one and all.
Givin’ my mum a hug, even for just a second. That’s worth a lot, worth the world I reckon.
Nowhere to go, as the new day is here? Holding on as the last threads, of my dreams disappear.
I fall, twisting and spinning in duress, a darkness complete, vast and eternal. An emptiness felt, thick as molasses, noises and sounds rend my mind infernal.
It’s been almost 10 years now, since my life has changed. For better or worse, nothing will ever be the same.
Behold my friend, I am heroin, known by all as the destroyer of men. From where I came no one knows, a far away place where the poppies grow.
Today About Time launches a regular sports column. Please let us know what you’d like to see covered.
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