Our guest today is Russell Manser, Russel spent 23 years in prison after a series of bank robberies and miscellaneous criminal activities. Russel was a victim of institutionalised sexual abuse, being jailed with some of Australia's worst sex offenders despite only just turning 17.

The sexual trauma Russell experienced led him to cope with recreational drugs, eventually leading to a $1500 heroin addiction. 

Russel has since been rehabilitated and now runs Voice of a Survivor, which aims to help victims of institutional abuse find justice through the legal system as well as advocate for social and political change.

‘The Voice of a Survivor’ has now helped over 16,000 people tell their stories and begin the process for justice and healing.

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