Beyond the Bars 2021

Thursday, 10 June 2021 - 3:03pm
Beyond the Bars 2021 - 5-9 July

Beyond the Bars broadcasts from six Victorian prisons during NAIDOC Week 5-9 July 2021. The broadcasts can be heard on 3CR 855AM, 3CR Digital, or streaming live. Previous years are available to listen to 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 the City of Yarra. 

Beyond the Bars broadcast dates
Mon 5 July 11am-2pm – Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (Deer Park)
Tue 6 July 11am-2pm – Barwon Prison (Lara, near Geelong)
Wed 7 July 11-1pm – Fulham Correctional Centre (near Sale, Gippsland)
Wed 7 July 1-3pm – Loddon Prison (Castlemaine)
Thu 8 July 11-2pm – Marngoneet Correctional Centre (Lara, near Geelong)
Fri 9 July 11am-1pm – Port Phillip Prison (Laverton)

 

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CD1

1. Welcome to Barwon – David 0.48  
2. COVID, NAIDOC, Zoom visits – Sammy 2.46
3. Family – Jason 4.09
4. COVID prison life – the men at Barwon 2.20
5. Biggest regret (song) – Codey 2.11
6. Be strong babe – Wayne 0.25
7. Family on the inside – Kevin and Jason 1.56
8. A garden, our meeting place – David 2.05
9. Three years on remand – Peter 1.53
10. Locked behind doors (song) – James 2.54
11. Barwon cheerios 3.26
12. Acknowledgement – Didge and Troy 1.20
13. Community support – Didge 2.00
14. COVID chats – the men at Fulham 0.54
15. Original raps – Joel, Peter and Luke 5.04
16. Treaty – Tom, Troy and Keanu 1.30
17. Taungurung proud – Brad 2.18
18. Had enough – Russell 1.23
19. Embrace culture – Pete, Didge and Brad 4.43
20. Fulham cheerios 5.18
21. Introducing the men at Loddon 1.07
22. NAIDOC and healing country – the men at Loddon 5.12
23. Artworks – Browny, Shane and Darcy 3.15
24. Change the cycle – Ty 4.00
25. Healthy choices – Tom, Aaron and Steve 3.16
26. When I get out – the men at Loddon 4.25
27. Loddon cheerios 4.51

CD 2

1. Acknowledgement and respect 0.11
2. NAIDOC to me – the men at Port Phillip Prison 2.53
3. COVID times – the men at Port Phillip Prison 2.08
4. Work and routine – Jake and Dwayne 3.12
5. Art – Aaron and Brenton 2.37
6. Housing and money dependence – Dwayne 1.55
7. Everybody knows me (spoken word/rap) – Brenton 2.20
8. My story – Damien 1.13
9. Returning home – Rocky 3.23
10. Port Phillip Prison cheerios 5.43
11. Average day – Mary, Jamie, Heather 1.16
12. Hard with COVID – Colleen 3.59
13. Changed my life – Stacey 2.19
14. Mum life – Jarrah and Stacey 2.56
15. Music and family – Jamie 1.33
16. The road to healing (song) – Jamie, Heather and Suzanne 2.06
17. Sisters – Heather and Suzanne 4.12
18. Peer work – Heather, Jarrah and Stacey 2.17
19. DPFC cheerios 3.30
20. Thanks to the brothers – Roe 3.06
21. Elder in here – Skip 2.09
22. Doing time as one – Willie 0.56
23. Strength and family – Trevor 2.22
24. My grandparents – Lyndon 1.53
25. For my mum – John M 3.09
26. Life choices – Dylan, Will and Zayden 1.49
27. My story – Luke 3.32
28. Marngoneet cheerios 8.58

 

Monday 5 July, 11-2pm, Dame Phyllis Frost Centre

 

Tuesday 6 July 11am-2pm – Barwon Prison

 

Wednesday 7 July 11-1pm – Fulham Correctional Centre 

 

Wednesday 7 July 1-3pm – Loddon Prison 

 

Thursday 8 July 11-3pm – Marngoneet Correctional Centre 

 

Friday 9 July 11am-1pm – Port Phillip Prison

 

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 the City of Yarra.

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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Beyond the Bars 2023

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Beyond the Bars 2022

30 Jun 2022
3CR's iconic prison radio show returns to the inside with live broadcasts from across Victorian jails. Listen in Monday to Friday during NAIDOC Week 4-8 July from 11am each day to hear directly from the men and women inside.

20 Years on the Inside

30 Aug 2021
A podcast series hosted by Vickie Roach and Kutcha Edwards reflecting on 20 years of the Beyond the Bars prison radio broadcasts.

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