Our Stories

All Clare ever wanted was to feel loved. She recalls watching TV shows featuring happy families as a child and crying through the opening credits. As she grew up, Clare…

In 2015, Conrad* received a criminal conviction and was sentenced to five years in prison, with five years on parole, for conspiracy and attempting to possess a border-controlled drug. He…

It’s the loneliest day of your life, the day you go ‘inside.’ That’s what Graham had been told, anyway. And as he was led toward his cell, he thought how…

You’ve heard of the singing nun – now meet the singing prison chaplain! Sue has been a volunteer prison chaplain with Inside Out Prison Chaplaincy for four years, but decades…

Byron’s* story isn’t like many who find themselves in prison. He didn’t grow up in an abusive home, or experiment with drugs to mask the pain of neglect. Byron’s parents…

I was sitting at a table next to a prisoner in a security unit. He was timid and whispered to me, obviously not wanting anyone to hear. “I believe in…

Debbie Glasson never felt daunted visiting correctional centres as a prison chaplain. She was just thrilled to be a “willing vessel” through which prisoners could make a connection with Jesus….

Maggie* doesn’t remember much of the first three years of her life, but she thinks they must have been happy times. Her parents were still together then, living in a…