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There are no nation-wide policies or guidelines for managing extreme heat in Australian prisons, or for the regular measurement of temperatures within prison buildings and cells.
It’s a positive and strange feeling hearing your own story through the words of another and here was me thinking I was alone in my travels as many of us do.
I don’t know when or if this will be published but since my last published letter ‘Unjust Justice’, a lot has happened. It seems we have gone through so much and at the same time we still haven’t changed a bit.
Another thing to know about prison is that some beds are so short in jail that tall people have to sleep in the foetal position or bump their heads two feet at night.
For me, a small amount of people and being in my cell overnight by myself is joyful to me.
I don’t know your name, your story, or the road that brought you here but I do know this: you matter. Right now. Exactly as you are.
One of the hardest lessons, from being part of the drug scene then going to prison, is the feeling of loneliness, withdrawing and coming down, you miss your mates.
I just wanted to give a big shout out to the amazing people at the Salvation Army for everything that they do for us in prison and outside in the community over the Christmas period.
When I get out I’m going to be hitting the gym but not sure if I’ll be taking steroids.
While being incarcerated, I have learnt how many members of the community are Deaf and have a lot of trouble communicating as very few people know how to use sign language.
While for the most part calls to mobiles are becoming cheaper, we clearly still have a long way to go.
Currently, people in prison serving a sentence of fewer than three years in the state can vote in state and local government elections, as well as federal elections. This plan would restrict voting rights to only those serving a sentence of one year or less for state elections.
Should going to prison mean never being allowed to hug your partner or child? Is denying physical contact a just punishment, or does it harm families and human dignity? And what do human rights have to say about it?
Including seven children escaping youth detention in Tasmania, two men being charged over prison murder in Queensland, a coroner pushing for bans on spit hoods in prison in the Northern Territory and more.
Spit hoods have been found to be ineffective and potentially deadly. But they’re still used in prisons around the country.
A remote WA prison holding mostly First Nations people is “unfit for purpose”, with people sleeping on the floors and cockroach infestations.
A number of Victorian prisons may have to be renovated or rebuilt after the Supreme Court found that no “open air” was being provided to inmates in multiple units.
The Liberal Queensland government has announced plans to significantly minimise the rights to vote for people in prison.
Apart from military service, prison is the most ritualistic environment in our society.
After multiple sentences and long stints in prison, I am in the process of understanding myself and the impacts of my behaviours. I am writing to About Time to share with others what I have learnt. I hope this is helpful to others in similar situations to me.
Save the dramas, forget the muster, and if one or two people are missing, they’ll be out, charged, denied bail, and back in before the next count anyway.
Alcohol sets off both a physical allergy and a mental obsession.
New laws mean that immigration detention officers can now confiscate things like mobile phones, iPads and laptops, which were previously allowed in detention centres. If you’re facing time in immigration detention at the end of your sentence, this article gives some practical tips to prepare for the new rules before you go.
One of the most important aspects of self-advocacy in prison is to understand the rights of prisoners and the limitations of power of prison authorities.
Walking out of jail here in Perth wasn’t the moment my life changed.
I am lucky to have not lost anyone close to me from a drug overdose, but I know many people who have. The impact that a fatal overdose can cause is devastating and they are completely avoidable and unnecessary.
A stroke describes death to brain tissue caused by disrupted blood supply.
Determined to make positive changes in life? It can start with digestion!
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It all has a history. So just take a second to think on how old that could be and where it came from or even who or how it could have got there.
Humans have five traditional senses: sight, sound, smell, touch and taste. We go about the world using these senses to guide us, and we are heavily reliant on vision as our primary and dominant sense.
Video games can be helpful for people both inside and leaving prison. They’re not only entertaining, but they can help people deal with the trauma of prison and re-entry in the community.
I’ve done almost 10 years in prison and I’m totally done with it now and can’t wait to be out away from this place.
The outside on the inside, steals passion for fun. When arrows come from far and wide, facing the new shiny sun, with dignity. There are ribbons in the fire, and lives still painfully on hold. Beneath the folds of desire, the barred windows still remain cold indefinitely.
I dream, and think, and feel from the opposite side of the city, in a cell of grey and steel, about our home – peaceful and pretty.
Life is only short my son, with so many paths to take, life is an uphill struggle, with every step you make. That’s why you must treasure life, with every second of the day, because you may never know, when it’s your turn to go away.
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