All In The Mind

On happiness—notes from prison

07.21.2019 - By ABC listenPlay

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Picture this—an Australian journalist sitting near a squat toilet under the only light in the prison cell he shares with 140 others, writing pages of notes about happiness. After 15 months in a notorious Cambodian prison, for a crime he denies, James Ricketson shares his insights into his personal experience in Prey Sar prison—and his new reflections on the state of happiness.

Please note that this episode contains a small amount of strong language

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