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Australian True Crime

Women of Corrections - The “Screw” - Angela Feeney

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

True Crime

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

For this episode we meet Angela Feeney, a Corrections officer in NSW who's been in the job for 27 years. Angela has worked a lot with women inmates – it’s something she tells us she swore she’d never do.

 

Angela sheds light on life inside prison including the circumstances she’s seen on the job that break her heart and she also gives her honest opinion on how Meshel and Emily would go if they went to jail.

 

If listening to this episode has got you thinking about a career in corrections you can go to the Corrective Services NSW website or the corrections department in your state.

 

We spoke to Angela’s colleague Faith Slatcher, the Governor of Goulburn Correctional Complex in New South Wales which includes Goulburn Supermax - the highest security prison in Australia. LISTEN HERE

 

You might want to go back and listen to some of our previous episodes about life in prisons. 

 

The Killing Fields: Inside Australia’s most evil prison

 

Prison Officer in Danger 

 

Birds Eye View 

 

Pentridge Confidential 

 

Mr Ordinary Goes to Jail 

 

Inside Australia’s Hardest Women’s Jails 

 

Self-mutilator Gary David 

 

If you have been affected by anything discussed in this episode you can contact:

 

Lifeline on 13 11 14

 

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)

 

Thanks for listening, we’ll be back next week.

 

CREDITS:

 

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram here  

 

Co-Host: Emily Webb. You can find her on Instagram here 

 

Guests: Angela Feeney, Senior Corrections Officer, Corrective Services NSW

 

Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

 

Executive Producer: Jacqueline Tonks

 

GET IN TOUCH:

 

Follow the show on Instagram & Facebook @australiantruecrimepodcast

 

Email the show at team@smartfella.com.au

 

Australian True Crime is a podcast by Smart Fella Media. Your story matters and how you tell it matters even more.


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Transcript

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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.

0:38.6

They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.

0:47.1

The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children.

0:53.0

I've seen some ugly things where it's made you question humanity,

0:57.0

but as most prison officers learn to compartmentalize

1:00.0

and you just have to put certain things that happen out of your mind because if you

1:04.6

don't you let it play over it'll drive you crazy.

1:07.8

I think a lot of us want to make a difference when we're at our workplaces and some places are easier and harder than others to do this.

1:21.0

For this episode we speak with Angela Feeney, a corrections officer in

1:25.6

New South Wales who's been in the job for 27 years. Angela's worked a lot with

1:30.9

women inmates. It's something she tells us she swore

1:33.7

she'd never do and you'll hear her explain why. Now she's in a role at the

1:38.7

Metropolitan Ramaand and Reception Center in Silverwater and it's more focused on supporting her colleagues.

1:45.0

In fact she's got a pretty interesting job title.

1:48.0

You'll have to listen on to find out what it is.

1:50.0

This is Australian True Crime with Michelle Lorry and Emily Webb.

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