Setting

We are never told exactly where and when the novel is set but due to the use of the phrase "fair dinkum" it is safe to assume that Letters From The Inside is set in Australia. The two main characters wrote letters to each other so this may be a clue as to when the story is set, possibly before the internet became popular in Australia. The novel is written in letters so it would make sense for it to be set around the pre-internet period. The youth prison, Garrett is an important setting to the story because this is what ultimately led Tracey to write to Mandy.



We don't know much about the physical aspects of Garrett apart from the fact that there is an area called A Block for high security 'slags', a Med Unit and the cells. "When you get here you're given a list of rules and what you can keep in your slot." Garrett is an important setting as it is the reason Tracey and Mandy began writing to each other. It is also the onle setting really described in the novel.