ISSUE NO. 13
August 2025
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Letters

Friday the 13th

By
Belly

Belly writes from a prison in Queensland.

Willy Pleasance

To the editors at About Time,

It’s Friday the 13th. I am already in prison so probs won’t fall under the bad luck banner. Lolz.

Thanks again for another great issue (no. 11). “Lizard Brain” by Annalise De Groot (page 10) was fantastic.

From,

Belly

To the editors at About Time,

It’s Friday the 13th. I am already in prison so probs won’t fall under the bad luck banner. Lolz.

Thanks again for another great issue (no. 11). “Lizard Brain” by Annalise De Groot (page 10) was fantastic.

From,

Belly

An Idea to Reduce Drugs and Violence in Prison

By Melissa

I have been in the system a long time. I believe that we as prisoners should be heard a lot more.

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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.

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Discovering Buddhism in Prison

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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.

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