Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

ISSUE NO. 14
September 2025
ISSUE NO. 14
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Sections
September 2025

Letters

About Time dedicates many of its pages to publishing the letters of people in prison, as well as from their family and friends.

This is the centrepiece of the paper: a platform for people to share their experiences and learn from each other.

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Hope and Solidarity – a Freakin' Buzz!
Hope and Solidarity – a Freakin' Buzz!
Hope and Solidarity – a Freakin' Buzz!
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By Joe
By Joe

I write to extend feedback – re: your monthly paper. I must say that it was with more than the usual measuring spoon of interest that most here @ MRC welcomed its arrival.

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5 MIN READ
Markus Spiske
My Time in Here Will Not Define Me
My Time in Here Will Not Define Me
My Time in Here Will Not Define Me
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By Storm
By Storm

12 months into being remanded in custody. I’m still yet to be sentenced – hence I can’t see the end at all.

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'Forest Sky' by Mimo, $160, #5733, 60cm x 98cm, acrylic on canvas, available to purchase at https://www.nsw.gov.au/arts-and-culture/boom-gate-gallery
Special Moments Do Happen in Prison
By Samantha

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.

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Samantha and Thor
Stay Strong and Be Kind to Yourselves
By Kaiya

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!

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By Anthony

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.

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By David

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.

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2 MIN READ
By Belly

I have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and, as a result, I am allocated one extra piece of fruit every day.

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1 MIN READ
By Aidan

Where would we really be without our Brothers.

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1 MIN READ
By Jon

I have been incarcerated now for 25 years and I am suffering from a diabetes related sore feet nerve condition.

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By Jessica

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.

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By Bukks

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?

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Anonymous

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.

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Thanks for the paper – it’s something a lot of us look forward to.

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Being sober feels like getting high used to.

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Chasing the Wind

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This is one of my many thoughts on all the moments in life I may have taken for granted – of memories of my younger years. And here’s to us all making new memories, whether in our youth or mature years.

2 MIN READ

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Cost of Living Crisis in Prison

Anonymous

I won’t even mention how expensive basic vegetables have gotten for us for the risk of sending somebody into shock.

2 MIN READ

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Prison Visitor Restrictions in NSW

By Micky

The issue I wish to discuss with everyone is something I’m dealing with personally myself right now and I know for a fact I’m not the only one!

2 MIN READ

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Breaking the Cycle

By Vishal

It gets disheartening but I am determined to break free of this system.

2 MIN READ

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Nowhere to Live

By Tony

If I get to the end of my sentence (another 13 months), then I will be dropped into a motel for three days, then after that, I’m on my own. It doesn’t seem fair.

1 MIN READ

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Lit a Light of Hope

By Zayne

I read your paper the night previous, and a part of me that previously was dead or dying suddenly felt alive and connected to others with similar struggles and trauma.

1 MIN READ

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Determined to Make a Difference

By Yvonne

I was determined to strive for something different. I wanted to make a difference. I wanted to be honest, open-minded and willing today.

5 MIN READ

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Second Chance

By Lee

In March 2024, I completed a program called Mates for Inmates. It was a program where we had dogs that came in from the Lord Smith’s Dog Home that needed to be retrained so they could be rehomed to those looking to adopt a dog so they can eventually find their forever home.

2 MIN READ
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