Blood from Stone

Based on the information available, "Blood from Stone" by the Pentridge Workshop Collective explores themes and topics related to:

*   **Australian Penal System Reform:** The book is an important document of the long and painful struggle for reform of the corrupt and cruel history of the Australian penal system. 【1】
*   **Incarceration and Prison Life:** It provides insights into the experiences within Melbourne’s Pentridge Prison, with innovative workshops instigated by The Melbourne Poets Union. 【2】
*   **Social Justice:** The book also touches on themes of social justice. 【1】
*   **Aboriginal Storytelling:** Artwork is used to relate individual and collective stories. 【3】
*   **Memory and History:** The mingling of experiences, "the petty with the monstrous," on the rocks where labor occurred. 【4】