PRE-ORDER Freckles - Fire to the Prisons - Prison Solidarity Project Fundraiser

Thank-you everyone for supporting, we are doing a second run as pre-orders, you should get these within two weeks.

Freckles is a queer narrative therapy group inside two women’s prisons in so-called Victoria. For seven years, this group has existed as a prison solidarity project - not funded or bound by state government or not-for-profit requirements. That makes it a rare space - one not shaped by the mandates of programs designed to manage or monitor people.

Prisons are designed to isolate - separating people from their communities, from each other, and from the outside world. We understand prisons as institutions of punishment and control - mechanisms of dominator culture that further oppress those on the margins. The dominant narratives around punishment dehumanise incarcerated people and reinforce the idea that they deserve to be there. Because of this, we are especially committed to building and sustaining connections - between people inside, their loved ones, and the communities they are part of or wish to be part of.

Poem on the merch is titled A world without prisons looks like, and is written by Freckles participants on the inside.

Words from Freckles participants:

“Freckles means EVERYTHING to me. It has provided us with a safe space where we can just be ourselves and feel accepted. The care we are given, and the commitment and dedication of Freckles facilitators cannot be understated. This is the most significant and most loved experience of my time in custody. Thank you Freckles, live long and prosper!!”

“Freckles has been the most beautiful shooting star, one that only happens in the most rarest of times but becomes the reason of this spectacle. The love, the loyalty and the solidarity is eternal and is something that is forever priceless. We are a part of a family… that is then, now and always. Much love.”

We’re seeking to raise $5000 to fund books, food, art supplies, training, transport and post-release support such as material support, community connection and events.

For us this work isn’t just about support - it is about disrupting the isolation and dehumanisation of prison. It is about radical solidarity, and recognising the expertise of incarcerated people in their own healing and resistance.

Please support a self-funded grassroots prison solidarity and community therapy project!

Use code PICKUP to avoid postage costs and pick-up from Fairfield, VIC 3078 from Anne-lise, or if you know La, Monique or Bekka you can pick-up from your friends!

Screen printed by Gauntlet Press Screenprinting.
Shirts and hoodies are Gildan.