Bail Out Pentridge Melbourne | 30 May 2025

A unique experience raising funds to mentor young people.

It costs around $1500 a day to keep a young person in Australian youth detention. It costs just $3600 a year for a mentor at Big Brothers Big Sisters. To help us support more young people, we‘re giving you a fundraising experience with a difference. By getting locked up you get to support young people waiting for a mentor by raising your own bail!

Here’s how it works:

Register: sign up as a team or brave it on your own, and commit to raising at least $1000 bail for your ‘release’.
Experience Jail life: be stripped of your possessions, given a prison uniform, fingerprinted, photographed, and fed prison gruel in the exercise yard.
Mock Interrogation: face an interrogation before being sentenced to cell time with your gang or in solitary confinement!!

But it’s not all daunting! At 9pm, you’ll break out for a party with delicious, non-prison food and drinks. Sign up below or contact Emma for more details, [email protected].

Bail Out Pentridge Melbourne | 30 May 2025

At Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia, we prioritise the safety, well-being, participation, and empowerment of all children and young people. We maintain a zero-tolerance policy towards child abuse.

We are committed to the cultural safety of children and young people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, those from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and those with disabilities, providing a safe and inclusive environment for all.