3CR will bring listeners Beyond the Bars 2025 during NAIDOC Week. Our First Nations broadcasters will share the mic with inmates across six Victorian prisons 7-11 July. We'll be live on the radio at 3CR 855AM, 3CR Digital, and streaming via our website or the Community Radio Plus app.
2025 marks 24 years on air and you can listen back to more than two decades of broadcasts anytime online. Beyond the Bars receives financial support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation, the Koori Justice Unit and Corrections Victoria at the Department of Justice and Regulation, and Yarra City Council.
Original artwork by Jason, 'Eels Running'. From Jason: 'the eel is of great importance to us Gunditjmara people and this story is of when the wattle is blooming on the trees, that is when the eels are running and that is of great importance for our people to know.'
Beyond the Bars broadcast dates
Mon 7 July 11am-2pm – Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (Deer Park)
Tue 8 July 11am-2pm – Barwon Prison (Lara, near Geelong)
Wed 9 July 11am-1pm – Fulham Correctional Centre (near Sale, Gippsland)
Wed 9 July 1-3pm – Middleton Prison (Castlemaine)
Thu 10 July 11am-2pm – Marngoneet Correctional Centre (Lara, near Geelong)
Fri 11 July 11am-2pm – Port Phillip Prison (Laverton)
To get your free copy of the CD - fill out the form at the bottom of the page, or contact the station
Or listen to all CD tracks below:
CD 1
01. We're all hurting - Sidney 1.02
02. Good life with family - Raydon 0.39
03. Family and community support - Tyler, Roy and Raydon 1.57
04. Staying out of trouble - Jyda, Raydon and Tyler 1.54
05. Work plan - Jyda, Tyler, Raydon and Sidney 1.19
06. Hear your voice - Sidney 4.21
07. The land's sick - Sidney 1.19
09. When I get out - Paulie 0.56
10. End homelessness - Blinky 3.26
11. Housing - Raydon and Leigh 0.56
12. Creating art - Raydon 0.32
13. Blockade warrior - Leigh 1.02
14. Direct descendants - Tyler and Jyda 1.27
16. The routine - Jia, Dylan, Jayden and Jordan 1.31
18. Victorian prisons - Hayden, Holden and Kloud 1.07
19. Return to culture - Hayden 0.31
20. Purpose in life - Jordan and Jia 0.50
21. Painting - Jason and Dylan 0.35
22. Prison closing - Luke 0.36
23. Courses and certificates - Kloud, Jordan, Jia and Hayden 1.27
24. Work life - Luke, Jason, Jayden and Hayden 1.05
25. Port Phillip Prison cheerios 1.40
26. Family visits - David, Sam, Rod and Tylor 2.13
29. ALO issues - Sam, Sa, David and Jordan 1.31
30. Paid out of our misery - Chucky 1.24
31. Connecting with the brothers - Rod and David 1.15
33. The gift of painting - Sam 2.13
34. Access to canvas - Sa and Kezza 0.46
35. Connection through painting - Sam 0.37
36. My spiritual journey - Eli 2.05
37. Courage to speak - Eli 1.55
38. Promised Land - Lewis, Eli and Bart 3.43
39. Playing guitar - Lewis 0.59
40. All My People - Lewis, Eli and Bart 3.52
41. Education is key - Chucky 1.45
CD 2
01. Introductions and identities - the women at DPFC 0.57
02. How we acknowledge NAIDOC - the women at DPFC 2.00
03. The love for Aunty Lynne - Kina-Lee, Tye and JJ 1.55
04. Tell our stories - Eden, Bianca and Danielle 1.05
05. Scanner issues - Tye and Courtney 1.06
06. Paint our feelings - Jess, Sarah and Eden 1.43
07. Money challenges - Daisy 1.09
08. Help with housing - Daisy 1.54
09. Lockdowns - the women at DPFC 4.33
10. Locked in a box - Danielle 3.22
12. Getting to the broadcast - Peter and Hayden 1.21
13. Life on parole - Troy 1.21
14. Cherish the moments - Anthony 1.19
15. Cultural dances - Brett 1.02
16. Culture is support - Anthony 0.41
17. Painting stories - Peter 1.37
18. Painting culture - Guy 0.54
19. Painting creatures - Peter and Brett 1.07
20. Rap performance - Hayden 1.02
22. My family - Hayden, Peter, Swany and Anthony 1.32
23. Conscience and consequences - Anthony 0.52
25. Rehab at Dardi - Swany 0.54
27. Be a good role model - Josh 1.02
28. Prison education - Brad 2.18
29. Joy of cooking - Jacob 0.35
31. Making a didgeridoo - Zach 1.07
32. Art inspiration - Zach and Brad 2.06
33. Storytelling through art - Josh and Brandon 0.48
34. Indigenous safe places - Brad 1.07
35. Cultural needs - Brad and Zach 0.36
36. Do the right thing for family - Jacob 0.40
37. Work inside - Jacob, Josh and Brad 1.54
38. Identity, support, unity - Brandon, Tyson and Zach 0.45
39. Brothers in jail - Tyson 1.20
40. Performance - Amos, Brent and Zach 3.28
LISTEN BACK with audio on demand below:
Monday 7 July 11am-2pm – Dame Phyllis Frost Centre 2025
Tuesday 8 July 11am-2pm – Barwon Prison 2025
Wednesday 9 July 11am-1pm – Fulham Correctional Centre 2025
Wednesday 9 July 1-3pm – Middleton Prison 2025
Thursday 10 July 11am-2pm – Marngoneet Correctional Centre 2025
Friday 11 July 11-2pm – Port Phillip Prison 2025
