Beyond the Bars is Australia’s only live prison broadcast and in 2012 expanded to involve over 100 Indigenous men and women from the inside sharing stories, songs, opinions and poems from within the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Barwon Prison, Fulham Correctional Centre, Marngoneet Correctional Centre, Loddon Prison and Port Phillip Prison. 

Mon 2 July 11am-2pm – Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (Deer Park)
Tue 3 July 11am-2pm – Barwon Prison (Lara, near Geelong)
Wed 4 July 10am-12 – Fulham Corrections Centre (near Sale, Gippsland)
Wed 4 July 12-2pm – Loddon Prison (Castlemaine)
Thu 5 July 12-4pm – Port Phillip Prison (Laverton)
Fri 6 July 11am-2pm – Marngoneet Correction Centre (Lara, near Geelong)

Read the Media Release.
Download the poster.

In 2012 Beyond the Bars received financial support from Corrections Victoria, the City of Melbourne, the Victoria Law Foundation and the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

CD1
1 Strong Black Women - Kylie (1.1MB / 0:47min) 
2 Homelessness - Tammy (0.8MB / 0:32min)
3 From 12 Onwards - Belinda (1.2MB / 0:51min) 
4 Poem by Jess - read by Ange (1MB / 0:43min)
5 My Kids In Care - Kathleen (8.2MB / 5:58min)
6 Be Free - Kathleen (0.6MB / 0:24min)
7 Far From Home - Annika (0.9MB / 0:36min)
8 Set Up To Fail - Kayla (2.1MB / 1:30min)
9 Not the Same Page - Kylie (0.5MB / 0:22min)
10 What Jail Is – Jessie (    2.2MB / 1:35min)
11 Cheerios from DPFC (11.3MB / 8:11min)
12 Song For The Warriors - David Dryden (1.3MB / 0:57min)
13 Family and Future – Rocky (14.1MB / 10:13min)
14 “Folsom Prison Blues” – Robbie (1.7MB / 1:13min)
15 What I Remember – Ronald (18.6MB / 13:30min)
16 “Green Green Grass Of Home” – Sonny (3MB / 2:08min)
17 Cheerios from Barwon (5.6MB / 4:05min)
18 To My Brothers and Sisters (0.9MB / 0:38min)
19 For My Daughter – Geoff (0.4MB / 0:18min)
20 Hard In Jail – Jarvis (0.6MB / 0:26min)
21 I Am – Geoff (0.3MB / 0:11min)
22 Law and Order - read by Coco written by Roberta Sykes (1.9MB / 1:20min)
23 These Walls – Casey (0.7MB / 0:28min)
24 Parkville To Port Philip – Thomas (7.6MB / 5:31min)    
25 58 Days – Coops (0.8MB / 0:34min)
26 Poem For Ursula – Coops (0.9MB / 0:39min)
27 “Rumbalara” - Kutcha Edwards (1MB / 0:44min)
28 River Road – Dwayne (1.1MB / 0:47min)
29 Frying Brains - John Boy (1.3MB / 0:56min) 
30 One Day at a Time (1.7MB / 1:12min)
31 Cheerios from Port Philip (8MB / 5:48min)
32 So Many Goodbyes - John Boy (1.3MB / 0:54min)

CD 2
1 “From Little Things Big Things Grow” - men from Loddon (7.8MB / 5:38min)
2 Coming Together – Robbie (3.9MB / 2:49min)    
3 Visit From My Daughter – Brian (1.3MB / 0:54min)
4 Warrior Song - David Dryden and the men from Loddon (2.1MB / 1:29min)
5 Heads Held High – Robbie (1.1MB / 0:48min) 
6 Leigh's Song – Leigh (4.2MB / 3:01min)
7 Songwriting – Leigh (1.1MB / 0:48min)  
8 Cheerios from Loddon (6.7MB / 4:50min)  
9 The Justice System – Fuddy Jnr (1.7MB / 1:11min)
10 We Need Koorie Programs – Jamie (1.3MB / 0:54min)
11 More Liaison Officers (0.8MB / 0:33min)
12 Men’s Program (0.7MB / 0:28min)    
13 Employment (0.5MB / 0:19min)
14 Funerals - Fuddy Jnr (2.1MB / 1:32min)
15 The Critical Time (1.7MB / 1:13min)
16 Not Going Home After All - Fuddy Jnr (8.2MB / 5:55min)
17 Being Black – Jamie (1MB / 0:40min)
18 Racism – Bomber (8.5MB / 6:11min)  
19 The Parole Board – Clarky (9.6MB / 6:58min)  
20 Cheerios from Fulham (9.7MB / 7:03min)
21 In The Rain (8MB / 5:48min)
22 Poem For My Kids (0.9MB / 0:37min)
23 My Resume – Tubs (1.9MB / 1:21min)
24 Before Your Time – Mark (5.7MB / 4:09min)
25 Taken Before Your Time – Mark (1.9MB / 1:23min)
26 Cheerios from Marngoneet (12.1MB / 8:46min)