“I could never ever think that I could have the life that I’m living now.”
Mervyn Eades, a 49-year-old Noongar man from the southwest corner of Western Australia, left prison for the last time in 2002.Soon after his release came a terrible loss: his 18-year-old brother, who had also spent time in and out of detention, killed himself.
The issue was mentioned several times in the federal election campaign, following a series of suicides, among young Aboriginal girls in particular, in the first months of 2019. Suicide prevention researcher Gerry Georgatos, who has lobbied to secure Commonwealth funding for Ngalla Maya, told BuzzFeed News that funding had recently been extended for 220 more people to go through the program.
Georgatos welcomed the commitment but said it was “just a raindrop” in the wider problem of incarceration and recidivism. “Helping the incarcerated and recently released will significantly contribute to reducing Australia's suicide toll in addition to other social returns.”Numerous people who went through Ngalla Maya told BuzzFeed News it completely turned around their life.
He had periods of steady work as a plasterer and on the mines, but struggled after losing both his parents when he was 19 — his mother to cancer and his father a heart attack — and always ended up plunging back into substance abuse. When Chris spoke to BuzzFeed News, he had been clean for two years, together with his partner for five, and is currently juggling full-time work with parenting his 18-month-old son.
“I ended up getting on the mines at the age of 19, so that was basically ticking the box,” she said. “If you want to get something done, they’ll help you and guide you along the way.”
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