In 2020, due to Covid-19 restrictions, Beyond the Bars was unable to get inside to present our live prison broadcasts. Instead, we recorded messages, cheerios, poems, stories, raps and short interviews with some of the inmates over the phone. We broadcast the recordings from July 6-10 bringing you the voices of the men and women from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Loddon/Middleton Prison, Barwon Prison, Karreenga Annex, and Fulham Correctional Centre. The Beyond the Bars 2020 prison broadcasts celebrate National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in Victorian jails. 3CR would like to thank all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates inside the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Loddon/Middleton Prison, Barwon Prison, Karreenga Annex, and Fulham Correctional Centre who participated via phone in the broadcasts for National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week July 2020.
In 2020 Beyond the Bars received financial support from the Department of Justice and Community Safety, and the City of Yarra.
Full broadcasts from the week are available below.
Beyond the Bars 2020 CD 1
1. Incarceration rates - Sammy 00:19
2. Claim your mob - Chucky 00:49
3. Live a good story - Chucky 01:50
4. Not long now - Brody 01:49
5. COVID restrictions - James 00:22
6. Member of the Black Empire - Chucky 02:18
7. Always Was, Always Will Be - Chucky, Brody, Sammy 01:18
8. Cheerios - Barwon 01:01
9. Over-represented in the jail system - Keith 02:33
10. Black Lives Matter - Simon 00:29
11. Be nice to look at country - Matthew 00:42
12. Getting life back on track - Daniel 01:46
13. Hang the boots up this time - Aaron 01:47
14. Stop the revolving door - Simon 03:29
15. Celebrate culture - Keith 00:38
16. Father and son - Simon 01:23
17. Celebrate who we are - Aaron 00:18
18. Cheerios - Fulham 01:01
19. The littlest thing will send you here - Heather 01:11
20. Proud Wiradjuri woman - Karen 00:24
21. Happy NAIDOC - Louise 00:05
22. Skilling up - Kirsty 00:47
23. Horticulture inside - Roxanne 00:39
24. Billet - Bec 00:24
25. Happy NAIDOC - Tamara 00:07
26. Just in jail - Katie-Lee 01:25
27. Express yourself - Jana 02:12
28. Happy NAIDOC - Teesha 00:06
29. Gardening - Kathleen 00:20
30. Quiet with COVID - Stacey 01:06
31. Going home - Ebony 00:25
32. Cheerios - DPFC 04:17
Beyond the Bars CD 2
1. Leave this life behind - Casey 02:20
2. A positive feeling - Rick 02:45
3. Up the wrong path - Willy 04:24
4. Help through hard times - Mark 03:59
5. Wisdom of the land - Willy 01:08
6. Powerful NAIDOC - Casey, Will, Mark, Michael, Rick 01:55
7. Learning a lot - Michael 01:34
8. Cheerios - Karreenga 01:35
9. My own crib - Josh 01:09
10. Keeping strong inside - Steve 01:53
11. Be proud of who you are - Norman 02:54
12. Keep with the brothers - Morgan 03:13
13. Breaks my heart - Immanuel 01:31
14. Keeping in touch - Lachy 01:02
15. Stolen stories - Immanuel 01:10
16. Justice - Lachy and Steve 01:22
17. This is my normal - Steve 01:21
18. Our culture NAIDOC - Steve, Norman, Lachy, Josh 02:35
19. Long way from home - Lachy 01:48
20. Cheerios - Loddon Middleton 00:50
Monday 6 July, 12-1pm, Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
Tuesday 7 July, 12-1pm, Loddon / Middleton Prisons
Wednesday 8 July, 12-1pm, Karreenga Annex
Thursday 9 July, 12-1pm, Barwon Prison
Friday 10 July, 12-1pm, Fulham Correctional Centre
