ISSUE NO. 13
August 2025
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Letters

Finding Light in the Darkness

Willy Pleasance

I am Aidan. I am 30, and this is my 12th time on remand since 2019.

Let me start by stating that once you are in the cells the saying “it is what it is” feels relevant. It most certainly is what it is.

But everyone gets an end date, and all I can say is find what motivates you and use it to fall on, because inmates are all doing hard miles and in the end the only one you can rely on is yourself.

This is a dark thought, but what motivates you will end up being something that lights your longest days.

How to approach the officers: the less time you are in front of them the better.

Thank you About Time, and I think we should be able to include our CRN to find pen pals.

Thank you again.

I am Aidan. I am 30, and this is my 12th time on remand since 2019.

Let me start by stating that once you are in the cells the saying “it is what it is” feels relevant. It most certainly is what it is.

But everyone gets an end date, and all I can say is find what motivates you and use it to fall on, because inmates are all doing hard miles and in the end the only one you can rely on is yourself.

This is a dark thought, but what motivates you will end up being something that lights your longest days.

How to approach the officers: the less time you are in front of them the better.

Thank you About Time, and I think we should be able to include our CRN to find pen pals.

Thank you again.

Lessons from Bees

By Muhamed

Prison teaches people to hold back. To keep to themselves. To give as little as possible. To protect what little energy or hope they have left. When everything feels limited – time, freedom, trust – it makes sense to think that giving more will leave you with less. But the bee lives by a different rule.

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ISSUE NO. 22

2 MIN READ

Albany Prisoners on Lockdowns

By Prisoners at Albany Prison, WA

We are not sure who to write to or who we can talk to about theses matters. We are hoping someone reads our letter and can point us in the right direction to have our voices heard.

Letters

ISSUE NO. 22

1 MIN READ

Rights for Foreign Prisoners

By Luiing

If foreign prisoners have been sentenced under same law as Australians, then it’s extremely important that they have right to be treat equally in their imprisonment – on humanitarian grounds.

Letters

ISSUE NO. 22

2 MIN READ

Not Cool: Heat and Overcrowding in TMCC

By Dane

The following is in response to the article by Denham Sadler titled “Sweltering Behind Bars: Stifling Heat in Australian prisons”.

Letters

ISSUE NO. 22

2 MIN READ

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