Tony has spent much of his life in jail. Now he’s free, he’s finding some of the habits learned from years of incarceration hard to break. Via insightSBS
Watch Insight's episode Habits on Tuesday 13 June from 8:30pm on SBS orI knew how to live in prison but we weren’t taught how to survive on the outside. That’s what I struggled with most.Every morning I’d make my bed and fold my clothes. I used to stand at my bedroom door, waiting for a guard to open it. It’d take a second before I remembered I could do it myself.I feel comfortable falling back into rigid routines and moved into a smaller room in my house because it feels more familiar.
For the most part, we were happy but you could say I was on shaky ground before my first prison sentence. I was always the troublesome one who caused a great deal of hurt for my immediate family yet I knew I was always loved. Never really understood, but loved.My life in institutions started when I was 10. I was made a ward of the state because I was a difficult child. I was moved to the young offenders’ institutions and eventually the prison I had grown up across the road from.
Everything became a debate. I spoke up for the basic human rights and treatment of prisoners, something particularly in Risdon. I became the yard advocate for prisoners where I debated and fought for prisoners' rights.Other prisoners, their families and like-minded advocates beyond the four walls were able to bring light to the totally broken justice system that promoted institutionalisation, shame and absolute control.
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