I am currently serving a 6 year sentence with 2½ on the bottom. I’m currently awaiting an interstate transfer back home to Perth WA as I was extradited from Perth to Brisbane.
This is my first time in prison, and for the last 9 months of my sentence, I have been trying to get used to how prison is and it’s very hard, especially for someone like me with a brain injury and a few disabilities.
Trying to do my time is very difficult for me as I don’t have my family here and not being able to have visits from them or anyone is extremely depressing.
I just want to get back to my home state WA so I can do my time with my family support where I’m happy and have all my supports.
I feel lonely and sad a lot, I feel people don’t understand me and there isn’t much support for me in this prison. I feel like I have to walk on eggshells all the time just to survive.
Anyway when I get transferred back I will be so much happier. Apart from all that, I hope everyone in prison all over Australia has a great new year.
Peace :)
I am currently serving a 6 year sentence with 2½ on the bottom. I’m currently awaiting an interstate transfer back home to Perth WA as I was extradited from Perth to Brisbane.
This is my first time in prison, and for the last 9 months of my sentence, I have been trying to get used to how prison is and it’s very hard, especially for someone like me with a brain injury and a few disabilities.
Trying to do my time is very difficult for me as I don’t have my family here and not being able to have visits from them or anyone is extremely depressing.
I just want to get back to my home state WA so I can do my time with my family support where I’m happy and have all my supports.
I feel lonely and sad a lot, I feel people don’t understand me and there isn’t much support for me in this prison. I feel like I have to walk on eggshells all the time just to survive.
Anyway when I get transferred back I will be so much happier. Apart from all that, I hope everyone in prison all over Australia has a great new year.
Peace :)
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I have been in the system a long time. I believe that we as prisoners should be heard a lot more.
Here at MCC we are limited to weight bags and medicine balls. We cannot purchase creatine or protein powders, training gloves or any other essential items that other prisoners at other centres can purchase.
Buddhism teaches that pain is a part of being human, not a failure. Thoughts are not who you are, change is always possible because nothing is permanent. There is beauty in the idea that peace isn’t something you chase, it’s something you uncover when you stop clinging.
I hope this gets sorted as I’m currently eligible for parole in 2027 and fear I won’t get the help or programmes in time.
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