Beyond the Bars 2007

Monday, 9 July 2007 - 12:00am to Friday, 13 July 2007 - 12:00am
Kutcha Edwards - CD Launch

BTB 07For the 6th year Melbourne’s community radio station, 3CR 855AM, will conduct live radio broadcasts with Indigenous prisoners during NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week. Read more here.

Part of the Beyond the Bars project, the broadcasts will go to air on 855AM and stream globally on www.3cr.org.au from 9th to the 13th of July. Highlights of the broadcasts will be being launched as a CD in November this year.

These award-winning prison broadcasts are unique in Australia and give Indigenous prisoners in Victoria their only chance to participate with the community during NAIDOC Week, a time of celebration and coming together within Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

 

CD
1. Welcome to Beyond the Bars 4 LISTEN (0.8MB/1:41min)
2. NAIDOC with Aunty Elsie LISTEN (1.1MB/1:08min)
3. Seven Deadly Gins LISTEN (13.3MB/14:31min)
4. The right to vote LISTEN (1.9MB/2:04min)
5. Cheerios from the women LISTEN (4.8MB/5:14min)
6. Remembering Lisa LISTEN (0.4MB/0:22min)
7. New Bird by Rhonda LISTEN (3.1MB/3:18min)
8.  NAIDOC at Fulham LISTEN (0.9MB / 0:53min)
9. Without My People LISTEN (5MB/5:25min)
10. National Tragedy LISTEN (1.5MB/1:35min)
11. Heroin LISTEN (1.8MB/1:55min)
12. Breath of Life LISTEN (6MB/6:29min)
13. Cheerios from the men at Fulham LISTEN (4.9MB/5:17min)
14. Took the Children Away LISTEN (2.8MB / 3:04min)
15. NAIDOC at Port Phillip LISTEN (0.6MB/0:35min)
16. Poem by BJ LISTEN (0.6MB/0:36min)
17. Message from Bear LISTEN (0.7MB/0:43min)
18. Post Release Support LISTEN (2.8MB/2:59min)
19. Poem by Tubsy LISTEN (0.5MB/0:30min)
20. Pointing the Finger LISTEN (1.2MB/1:17min)
21. Poem by Ian LISTEN (1MB/1:00min)
22. Melbourne Blacks LISTEN (3.1MB / 3:21min)
23. Cheerios from the men at Port Phillip LISTEN (4.7MB/5:02min)
24. Dreamtime LISTEN (2.2MB/2:21min)

Beyond the Bars
Thursday 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Beyond the Bars is a unique series of live prison radio broadcasts that give voice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates in Victorian prisons. The broadcasts are presented by 3CR's First Nations broadcasters during NAIDOC* Week (July). Beyond the Bars began in 2002 and each year it features songs, stories, opinions and poems from the men and women inside, while also connecting them with culture and community. *National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee

Topic

Episodes

Beyond the Bars 2023

3 Jul 2023
Listen to First Nations people from across Victorian prisons during NAIDOC Week 2023 - 3-7 July - Beyond the Bars.

Beyond the Bars 2022

30 Jun 2022
3CR's iconic prison radio show returns to the inside with live broadcasts from across Victorian jails. Listen in Monday to Friday during NAIDOC Week 4-8 July from 11am each day to hear directly from the men and women inside.

20 Years on the Inside

30 Aug 2021
A podcast series hosted by Vickie Roach and Kutcha Edwards reflecting on 20 years of the Beyond the Bars prison radio broadcasts.

Beyond the Bars 2021

10 Jun 2021
Despite the ongoing challenges of COVID-19 restrictions Beyond the Bars 2021 looks to broadcast from across six Victorian jails. Tune in 5-9 July to hear from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women on the inside.