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Issue 20 published
Issue 29 of Paper Chained  has just been released on our website, and posted to all subscribers in custody on our physical mailing list. Special thanks to this issue's front cover artist, Steven Labelle from Soledad State Prison in California. In this issue we're particularly proud to share an interview with Holly Deane-Johns, the author of Holly's Hell: Seven Years in a Thai Prison. Following our visit to Japan earlier this year, we're also sharing an article on prison labou
Damien Linnane
Nov 211 min read
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Visions Through the Eyes of a Palestinian Prisoner
Today, Paper Chained's latest art exhibition, Visions Through the Eyes of a Palestinian Prisoner , opened in Newcastle at The Creator Incubator . The exhibition features over 40 drawings and paintings by Palestinian artist and former prisoner Mohannad Al Azzeh. Several of the works were made inside Ofer Prison in the West Bank and smuggled out as Palestinians are not allowed to make art in Israeli prisons. You can read more of Mohannad's incredible story in his interview with
Damien Linnane
Nov 201 min read
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Issue 19 published
Issue 19 of Paper Chained  has just been released on our website, and posted to all subscribers in custody on our physical mailing list....
Damien Linnane
Aug 252 min read
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Issue 18 Published
Issue 18 of Paper Chained has just been released on our website, and posted to all subscribers in custody on our physical mailing list....
Damien Linnane
May 231 min read
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Paper Chained International art exhibition touring to Brisbane on March 29th
We're pleased to announce that after many delays, including due to Cyclone Alfred, the Paper Chained International art exhibition in...
Damien Linnane
Mar 151 min read
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Issue 17 published
Issue 17 of Paper Chained  has just been released on our website, and posted to all subscribers in custody on our physical mailing list....
Damien Linnane
Feb 191 min read
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Listen to Paper Chained on radio and podcast
Some time ago, one of our incarcerated readers in the Northern Territory wrote to us, telling us how popular the Vision Australia Radio ...
Damien Linnane
Feb 151 min read
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Issue 16 published
Issue 16 of Paper Chained  has just been released on our website, and posted to all subscribers in custody on our physical mailing list....
Damien Linnane
Nov 18, 20241 min read
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Issue 15 published
Issue 15 of Paper Chained  has just been released on our website, and posted to all subscribers in custody on our physical mailing list....
Damien Linnane
Aug 19, 20241 min read
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Issue 14 published
Issue 14 of Paper Chained has just been released on our website, and posted to all subscribers in custody on our physical mailing list....
Damien Linnane
May 13, 20241 min read
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Paper Chained's first art exhibition
After receiving art from prisons around Australia and the world for several years, Paper Chained is hosting its first art exhibition, and...
Damien Linnane
Apr 24, 20241 min read
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Issue 13 published
Issue 13 of Paper Chained has just been released on our website, and posted to all subscribers in custody on our physical mailing list....
Damien Linnane
Feb 24, 20241 min read
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Issue 12 published
Issue 12 of Paper Chained has just been released on our website, and will be posted to all subscribers in custody on our physical mailing...
Damien Linnane
Nov 16, 20231 min read
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Issue 11 published
Issue 11 of Paper Chained has just been released on our website and is being posted to all subscribers on our physical mailing list....
Damien Linnane
Aug 16, 20231 min read
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Interviews with Vice magazine and ABC Radio
It's been a great couple weeks for publicity for our magazine. On May 26, Julie Fenwick from Vice ran a story and an interview with...
Damien Linnane
Jun 4, 20231 min read
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Issue 10 published
Issue 10 of Paper Chained has just been released on our website and posted to all subscribers on our physical mailing list. We're...
Damien Linnane
May 15, 20231 min read
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Issue 9 Published
Issue 9 of Paper Chained has just been released on our website and posted to all subscribers on our physical mailing list. Our first...
Damien Linnane
Feb 17, 20231 min read
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Issue 8 Published
Issue 8 of Paper Chained has now been released on our website and posted to all subscribers on our physical mailing list. We're...
Damien Linnane
Nov 15, 20221 min read
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Issue 7 Published
Issue 7 of Paper Chained, a journal of expression from behind bars, has now been released on our website and posted to all subscribers on...
Damien Linnane
Aug 20, 20221 min read
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Interview with Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Earlier this month, Paper Chained editor Damien Linnane was interviewed by Sydney Criminal Lawyers about the publication, its history and...
Damien Linnane
Jun 12, 20221 min read
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