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Behind the WallsAuthor: Department of Communities and Justice
Behind the Walls is a ground-breaking six-part podcast series that for the first time takes listeners on a journey into NSW prisons and parole offices. Podcast host Michael Duffy, a crime author and former journalist, spent six months recording the interviews at 11 correctional centres and four Community Corrections offices, where staff manage offenders on community orders. Thirty correctional officers from prisons including Bathurst, Lithgow, Cessnock, Cooma and Long Bay share their stories of what really happens when people are sentenced to prison. Language: en Genres: Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Parole
Episode 6
Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
Would you be willing to inspect the house of a convicted criminal? Have a one-on-one conversation with a parolee about their past trauma? In the sixth and final episode of Behind the Walls: Parole, crime author and former journalist Michael Duffy meets parole officers including Grace Wong, who has one of the most challenging jobs in corrections. “We do get a lot of clients who walk through the door with histories of childhood trauma, sexual abuse, exposure to violence at an early age and domestic violence,” Grace says. “I think a lot of the trauma that clients go through and their abuse history contributes to the reasons why they end up in our system. There are some really sad stories that walk through the door.” Behind the Walls is produced by Corrective Services NSW, part of the Department of Communities and Justice. If you like our show, please give us a rating or a review. Host: Michael DuffyTechnical Production and Design: Ben CorkWith thanks to the following guests: Don Sword, Clare McRae, Andy McClintock, Jessie Slattery-McDonald, Grace Wong and Ellen McCarroll.We are grateful for the assistance of staff at the State Parole Authority, Long Bay Correctional Complex, the Electronic and External Monitoring Group, the Terrorism, Sex and Violent Offenders Group, and Hornsby and St Leonards Community Corrections.For more stories on prison and parole:Like us on FacebookFollow us on Instagram, YouTube or TwitterListen on SimplecastContact us: podcast@justice.nsw.gov.au
