Ranjini’s friend Lesley Walker sent us this message yesterday. It makes for tough reading – but it’s a reminder of what we are trying to do.

“I spoke to Ranjini in Villawood Housing yesterday. She is very sad. Again disrespectful treatment from Serco staff adds to her troubles. She addressed these issues a couple of months ago, & there was some improvement, an apology even. But now it is recurring.”They are angry with me, with the boys”. She will not go’ outside’ to activities because Serco guards shadow her & the boys – people think we are terrorists, that we are dangerous. All 3 are stigmatised & humiliated. She also feels sorry about her sons’ poor behaviour which has manifested since they were abruptly taken from their father & family home 7 MONTHS AGO. “They used to be such good boys. Everything is changed”, she said. I remember her little boys at Inverbrackie Detention Centre – they were quiet, polite, respectful … everyone was fond of them. Ranjini worries that this awful confinement-during-confinement is bad for her baby’s health – the baby is due early in 2013. What can I say? I remind her of the many people who know her well – she previously lived freely in QLD & VIC – & that we think of her & the boys daily. She said “You call me. I feel happy now. I think of my friends. It helps me”.”

Thanks everyone for reading these posts – we’re about to increase our efforts and to do that we’ll need your help. We’re starting a  FREEDOM ARMY – click here to find out more