Listen to Beyond the Bars in 2024 with the First Nations inmates across six Victorian prisons 8-12 July. We'll be live on the radio at 3CR 855AM, 3CR Digital, and streaming via our website or the Community Radio Plus app. Listen back to more than two decades of broadcasts 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 8 July 11am-2pm – Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (Deer Park)
Tue 9 July 11am-2pm – Barwon Prison (Lara, near Geelong)
Wed 10 July 11am-1pm – Fulham Correctional Centre (near Sale, Gippsland)
Wed 10 July 1-3pm – Loddon Prison (Castlemaine)
Thu 11 July 11am-2pm – Marngoneet Correctional Centre (Lara, near Geelong)
Fri 12 July 11am-2pm – Port Phillip Prison (Laverton)

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Or listen to all CD tracks below:

CD 1  

01. 40,000 years of culture - Ricky 1.10 

02. Yidaki welcome - Adrian 0.09 

03. Making changes - Adrian 0.59 

04. Access to land - Ricky 2.39 

05. Coming together - Tawah 0.11 

06. Keep culture alive - Adrian 1.10 

07. Black mental health - Michael 0.47 

08. Better places - Michael & Adrian 0.42 

09. This is not a life - Jason 1.39 

10. Dependency on the system - Hayden & Jason 1.01 

11. Painting butterflies - Harley 0.42 

12. Quiet place - Adrian 0.45 

13. Parole in prison - Jason & Peter 1.44 

14. What $150K could do - Brad 0.51 

15. The system - Jahmahl & Jason 1.15 

16. Nothing gets done - Peter & Jason 1.48 

17. Port Phillip Prison cheerios 3.10 

18. Homelessness and art - Tubs 0.53 

19. Strong culture - Dylan 1.10 

20. Cultural burning - Luke 2.29 

21. Work life - Lister 0.38 

22. I Believe in Love - Lister (song) 1.24 

23. Accommodation - Dylan 1.14 

24. Support networks - Tremaine 0.32 

25. Youth - Luke 0.34 

26. Open to help - Jezza 0.54 

27. Second chance - Johnny 0.51 

28. Building work confidence - Jezza 0.39 

29. Upgrade your skills - Johnny 0.42 

30. Relationships - Luke 1.08 

31. Space for yourself - Johnny 0.43 

32. Putting family first - Johnny 2.02 

33. Marngoneet cheerios 2.57 

34. Work ready - Matty 2.27 

35. Hoping for change - Michael 0.15 

36. Work on the outside - Benji 0.14 

37. Rehabilitation support - Leeroy 0.56 

38. Getting out - David 0.25 

39. They change the goals - Browdie 3.01 

40. Crossroads - Kuina 1.20 

41. Fix the system - Browdie 4.07 

42. Working with clay - Kuina 1.01 

43. Take it easy - James 0.53 

44. It's our time - Browdie 2.40 

45. Give us a chance - Johno 1.11 

46. Losing myself - Nathan 0.30 

47. Through the gates - Muka 2.32 

48. A letter to my kids - Browdie 2.33 

49. Family ties - Johno 1.08 

50. Loddon cheerios 2.12 

CD 2 

01. Strong spirit - Sammy 0.22 

02. Getting out - Sean 0.27 

03. Set to fail - David 1.12 

04. Taking responsibility - Colin 0.32 

05. Break the cycle - Damon 0.47 

06. Do the right thing - Josh 0.36 

07. NAIDOC t-shirt - Sean 0.20 

08. Changes on the outside - Dee 0.26 

09. Parole difficulties - David 1.08 

10. Programs that heal - Colin 0.44 

11. Rehab beds - Chucky 0.43 

12. My story - Lindon (rap) 2.18 

13. The impact of ice - Dee 0.36 

14. Only on paper - Colin 1.20 

15. Stop taking kids away - Chucky 1.41 

16. We're still here - Dee 0.38 

17. Healing through fire - Colin & David 0.48 

18. In my shoes - Chucky 1.24 

19. Costs inside - Danny & Colin 0.47 

20. Barwon cheerios 2.15 

21. Listen, learn, respect - Marlene 0.37 

22. Painting and weaving - Biscuit 0.14 

23. Prison accommodation - Toni 0.22 

24. Dreamtime and songlines - Marlene 0.43 

25. The land is rich - Ash 0.26 

26. Cleansing our spirit - Marlene 0.35 

27. Maintaining connections - Kelly 0.47 

28. Poem of strength - Marlene 0.49 

29. Family support - Rebecca 0.11 

30. Painting ancestral lines - Marlene 0.56 

31. Keeping family together - Biscuit 0.10 

32. Looking out for Elders - Donna 0.16 

33. Women and children first - Cecilia 0.16 

34. Home is where the mother is - Kelly 1.04 

35. Support outside - Vicky 1.04 

36. Parole and housing - Kelly 2.18 

37. Dame Phyllis Frost Centre cheerios 1.53 

38. Welcome to Fulham - Troy & Kyle 1.10 

39. Relying on yourself - Tristan 1.29 

40. Just smile and chill - Thomas 0.30 

41. Be strong - Paul 1.15 

42. Never give up - Dom 0.35 

43. Together we are strong - Harley 0.31 

44. Learning and identity - Carlos 0.34 

45. River life - Will 0.42 

46. What's been & where we're goin' - Craig 1.05 

47. Stories through art - Troy 0.23 

48. Koori art - Bronson 0.22 

49. Connection to Elders - Dom 0.38 

50. Finding your mob - Paul 1.24 

51. Health checks - Kyle and Geoff 1.16 

52. Having a say in prison - Kyle 1.48 

53. In and out of prison - Will 0.48 

54. Running our own prisons - Kyle 1.21 

55. Jail mentality - Geoff 0.32 

56. Prison routine - Dom 0.36 

57. Part of the system - Shugs 0.43 

58. You're not just another number - Kyle 0.49 

59. It's only up from here - Tristan 2.02 

60. Fulham cheerios 2.27 

61. Thank you - Shiralee, Troy & Kyle 1.51 

LISTEN BACK with audio on demand below:

Monday 8 July 11am-2pm – Dame Phyllis Frost Centre 2024

Tuesday 9 July 11am-2pm – Barwon Prison 2024

Wednesday 10 July 11am-1pm – Fulham Correctional Centre 2024

Wednesday 10 July 1-3pm – Loddon Prison 2024

Thursday 11 July 1-3pm – Marngoneet Correctional Centre 2024

Friday 12 July 11am-2pm – Port Phillip Prison 2024

Beyond the Bars 2024 CD