Episodes

Kutcha Edwards - live Beyond the Bars
4 Oct 2021
In this final episode, Vickie and Kutcha explore the ideas and dreams of those on the inside for their lives on the outside. Dreams of making a difference, and ideas of contributing to their community and building a better future for the generations of Aboriginal people to come. Visions of steering the younger generation in the right direction, and hopes of supporting the older generation through reconnection with culture.
Vickie Roach and Kutcha Edwards
Deer Park women's prison 2015
27 Sep 2021
Today’s episode is about listening to the depth of insight into the impacts of prisons on prisoners themselves. Who better to really listen to than those directly experiencing the failures of the system? Yet their voices seem to fall on deaf ears.
Vickie Roach and Kutcha Edwards
Prison wire
20 Sep 2021
On today’s show Kutcha and Vickie hear from the men and women on the “inside” about the daily grind. Life and work on the “inside”. We listen to the brothers and sisters who are living the grind day in, day out, and try to understand just what this system is doing to our people.
Vickie Roach and Kutcha Edwards
Live broadcast from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
13 Sep 2021
In this episode, Kutcha and Vickie explore how inmates find creative expression, engage in the healing process and learn about culture while on the “inside”. Vickie shares how she found moments of peace during her time in prison through her creativity, daydreaming, writing and strengthening her spiritual connections.
Vickie Roach and Kutcha Edwards
Kutcha Edwards and the late Gilla McGuinness live at Port Phillip Prison 2012
6 Sep 2021
This episode of "20 Years on the Inside" not only looks at the pain associated with grief and mourning, but also with drug addiction, and how prisons only prolong the pain.
Vickie Roach and Kutcha Edwards
Beyond the Bars CD Cover 2004, artwork by Casey and Ray
30 Aug 2021
In this first episode of "20 Years on the Inside" we remember the early days of Beyond the Bars and reflect on what, or if, anything has changed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the prison system over the last two decades.
Vickie Roach and Kutcha Edwards