Shortcut: How Jeffrey Morgan went from serving 18 years in prison to becoming a community leader

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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When he was 12, Jeffrey Morgan ran away from his country NSW home to Redfern to stay with his mum. He thought his dad was being too strict and he wanted more freedom. This was the time in Redfern when the inner-city suburb was the centre of Aboriginal life and activism and it was a tough place.

Jeffrey spent a lot of time on the streets, getting involved in minor offences a s a means of survival – namely stealing food to eat - but eventually this escalated to stealing cars and then, robbing banks. He started cycling through maximum security prisons which added up to 18 years of his life. He was always into fitness and taking care of his health.

During his last stint in prison, Jeffrey had one of those moments where he knew he had to change. And he did it through education and peer support and keeping fit and healthy. His passion is health and fitness – making it realistic and sustainable and role-modelling a different path for men, just like him.

Jeffrey wears a lot of hats now, making the most of the life he’s made on the other side of prison. He’s a community leader, corporate speaker, and sought-after life and mindset coach. His latest online program is CUT THE BULLSHIT – which basically is encouraging people to make sustainable habit changes for a healthy, purposeful life.

Find out more at https://jeffreymorgan.com.au

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0:00.0	We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,
0:04.3	and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.
0:07.4	Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.
0:10.3	Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,
0:15.2	our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in
0:19.9	Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.
0:25.9	The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.
0:37.0	They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.
0:47.0	The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children.
0:53.0	Imagine your limbic part, that fight-of-flight component of your brain.
0:58.0	It's like, imagine you're in a hotel and the fire alarm is going off constantly every single day of your life every minute of your life that's what it's like you walk out of your cell in maximum security and it is battle mode if you do not go out with that mentality, you're going to get
1:14.9	crunched. Whether that's people saying he's weak, give me your buy-up or do something of that nature, you have to go out with the lines mentality and be ready to go absolute
1:26.9	violence at the drop of a hat. When he was just 12,
1:35.0	ran away from his country, New South Wales home to Redfern in Sydney, to stay with his mom. He thought his dad was being too strict and he wanted
1:46.2	more freedom. This was a time in Redfern when the inner city suburb was the center of
1:51.6	Aboriginal life and activism and it was a tough place.
1:56.0	Jeffrey spent a lot of time on the streets, getting involved in minor offenses as a means of survival, namely stealing food to eat. of He started cycling through maximum security prisons, which added up to 18 years of his life.
2:17.0	He was always into fitness and taking care of his health. He loved sport, and he could run. And that came in handy a lot for him over the years.
2:26.5	During his last stint in prison, Jeffrey had one of those moments where he knew he had to
2:32.1	change and he did it through education and
2:35.4	peer support and keeping fit and healthy.
2:39.1	His passion is health and fitness, making it realistic and sustainable, and role modeling a different path for men, just
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