Beyond the Bars 2008

Monday, 7 July 2008 - 6:45pm to Friday, 11 July 2008 - 6:45pm
At the Launch of Beyond the Bars 2008

BTB 2008Indigenous 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. Read more here

Part of 3CR's Beyond the Bars project, the broadcasts will go to air on 855AM and stream globally on www.3cr.org.au from Monday 7 to Friday 11 of July. 


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1. Welcome to Beyond the Bars 5 LISTEN (0.3MB/0:40min)
2. Black Brothers LISTEN (4.3MB/9.15min)
3. Paulie's Rap LISTEN (1.5MB/3.10min)
4. Getting Support LISTEN (1.1MB/2.15min)
5.  You Light Up My Life - Ian LISTEN (0.3MB/0.29min)
6.  Your own son LISTEN (3.3MB/7.13min)
7.  Cheerios from Port Phillip Prison LISTEN (3MB/6:34min)
8.  Healing Centre LISTEN (1.3MB/2:43min)
9.  Sista Girls - Angie LISTEN (0.4MB/0:45min)
10.  Artwork LISTEN (0.9MB/1.47min)
11.  Voting Rights Update LISTEN (2.2MB/4.50min)
12.  A Lost Soul LISTEN (0.7MB/1.33min)
13.  Getting Out - Angie LISTEN (0.5MB/1.03min)
14.  Goanna and the Longneck Turtle LISTEN (2.3MB/4.51min)
15.  Cheerios from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre LISTEN (2.7MB/5.50min)
16.  Taken - Jason LISTEN (2.8MB/6.01min)
17.  Fulham's Indigenous Unit LISTEN (0.4MB/0.47min)
18.  Tyler Son - Kelvin LISTEN (0.4MB/0.48min)
19.  Moving On LISTEN (2MB/4.18min)
20.  My Granma Told me LISTEN (0.2MB/0.25min)
21.  Whitehorse - Kelvin LISTEN (0.4MB/0.47min)
22.  Cheerios from Fulham Prison LISTEN (4MB/8.37min)

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

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Episodes

Beyond the Bars 2026

6 Jul 2026
In 2026, Beyond the Bars is celebrating 25 years of sharing the mic with First Nations people across the Victorian prison system. Tune in during NAIDOC Week, 6-10 July.

Beyond the Bars 2025

7 Jul 2025
Beyond the Bars brings you the voices of First Nations people across the Victorian prison system during NAIDOC Week, 7-11 July.

Beyond the Bars 2024

6 Jun 2024
During NAIDOC Week 8-12 July we bring you the voices of First Nations people across the Victorian prison system.

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.