Torch of Tenacity Women’s Prison

Walking into a classroom at the Women’s Prison Consider yourselves walking down a long murky, concrete corridor in the middle of winter, where the cold damp seeps into your bones,…

The Silence of Corona

5 Weeks after Isolation This corona virus period is an interesting one. I’ve been fascinated by the way we communicate with each other. Of course there’s a strong online and…

The First Screenwriting Session

First Meeting At Correctional Services Sun City – April 9th 2014 I was nervous, but I knew my way around a bit better this time. Yes, the route to Sun City…

The Day I Died Inside

I am learning so much about human nature during this course. Needless to say probably as much about myself as my students. A fellow colleague and thriller writer, Margie Orford…

Sun City Offender Testimonials

This praise below came from students in my Class of 2014. These testimonials have been transcribed exactly as written with all the spelling or grammatical errors.Considering that for most of them English is a…

How Do We Create Love Scenes During Corona?

This video with the ‘girl in the red dress’, gives a chilling account of how the corona virus has effected all of us in 2020. There are times in this…

Crossing the Threshold into the Extraordinary World

Extraordinary Day – October 2013 The function was to be held at the Correctional Facility for Offenders at Meredale Corrections Facility – commonly known as Sun City – can’t imagine…

Class of 2014!

2014 was a big year for Greenlight District Project. It was the Pilot year for this innovative and extraordinarily inspirational project. At the Certificate bearing ceremony there were festivities, prison bands,…

Christmas in July!

I read their Christmas stories with interest. It was amazing for me to see how expressive they were particularly about food! I’m guessing that is a big gap in their…