ISSUE NO. 20
MARCH 2026

Play

Being in prison can be monotonous. With not much to do and a lot of time ahead of them, people are bound to get bored and restless.

Quizzes, puzzles and games can be light-hearted fun and help people inside take their mind off things and just play for a moment.

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Colouring In

By Edward

Edward sent in this drawing that can be coloured in, from a prison in NSW.

ISSUE NO. 16
By Edward, from a prison in NSW

Crossword

Can you find all the words from the clues?

Quiz

Test your general knowledge on our monthly quiz!

Ethan Cassidy

Bad Jokes

If you have some better jokes please send them to us!

Lucas van Oort via Unsplash

Sudoku

Fill the grid so every row, column and box contains the numbers 1-9 once.

Previous Issues

ISSUE NO. 13
August 2025

TriPeaks Solitaire: How to Play

TriPeaks is one of the simplest ways to play Solitaire. The goal is to clear all the cards from the tableau by selecting cards that are either one number higher or lower than the current card.

ISSUE NO. 13
August 2025

Quiz

Test your general knowledge on our monthly quiz!

ISSUE NO. 13
August 2025

Sudoku

Fill in the box with numbers from 1-9 with no repeated numbers in each line, horizontally or vertically.

ISSUE NO. 13
August 2025

Food to Die For

Following years of fruitless negotiations with prison inmates, Mr I Lash from the NSW Department of Corrective Services today announced a breakthrough – a joint venture with the Australian Psychology Enterprise (APE) to improve the quality of food provided to inmates.

ISSUE NO. 12
July 2025

Caption This…

Submit a caption to this photo, and we will print the three finalists (including the winner) in the next edition.

ISSUE NO. 12
July 2025

Sudoku

Fill in the box with numbers from 1-9 with no repeated numbers in each line, horizontally or vertically.

ISSUE NO. 12
July 2025

Bad Jokes

If you have a better joke please send them to us because these ones are terrible!

ISSUE NO. 12
July 2025

Game – Dots and Boxes

Dots and Boxes is a two-player strategy game where players take turns drawing lines between dots on a grid to form boxes. The goal is to capture the most boxes by completing their fourth side.

ISSUE NO. 12
July 2025

Word Search

Can you find the 20 hidden words (listed below) in the puzzle?

ISSUE NO. 12
July 2025

Quiz

Test your general knowledge on our monthly quiz!

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