Beyond the Bars 2013 connects indigenous prisoners to the wider community and is a remarkable radio event that gives voice to the experience of indigenous inmates serving time in Victorian prisons.
Beyond the Bars expanded in 2012 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.
Beyond the Bars gave voice to the voiceless from 4 – 8 July 2011 as it celebrated 10 years of Indigenous prisoners on the airwaves during NAIDOC Week on 3CR 855AM and 3CR Digital.
During NAIDOC Week from 5 - 9 July 2010 3CR celebrated with special programming including Beyond the Bars - live radio shows from five Victorian prisons.
The Beyond the Bars prison broadcasts were part of a week of special programming at 3CR for NAIDOC Week, held from 7 - 11 July 2009. In the lead up to the live broadcasts, 3CR 855AM staged spoken word and music workshops in the prisons.
Indigenous people in three Victorian prisons speak out in live radio broadcasts during NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week. Melbourne’s community radio station, 3CR 855AM, conducts live radio broadcasts with Indigenous prisoners in Port Phillip Prison, Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and Fulham Prison.
For 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.
Indigenous prisoners in Victoria broadcast live radio from 3 – 7 July on 3CR 855AM during NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week 2006.
