Kerobokan prison is on the outskirts of Denpasar. AIDS is rife in the jail and conditions appalling. Poor sanitation, lack of food and the tropical climate creates a harsh and dangerous environment in which to survive. Malnutrition and disease are common. The toilets in the jail's squalid cells sit directly beside the benches where food is prepared. The jail was built in 1976 for 366 prisoners, but it holds 525.Schapelle shares her 5m-wide cell with seven other women. She is forced to wash with only a small bucket and ladle. The untreated water is fetched from a dilapidated well in the prison compound.Food is delivered to the prisoners on a big cart, a bucket of rice which regularly contains stones, dirt and sticks.Human rights activists estimate that life expectancy in the badly overcrowded jail compound would be between 10 and 15 years.
In October 2004 -Australian Schapelle Corby (then 27) travelled from Brisbane, via Sydney, to Bali on a Qantas flight with two friends and her younger brother, to celebrate her sister Mercedes 30th birthday. A much needed break after caring for her sick father for some time.Schapelle's life changed forever that day when she was arrested at Denpasar Airport, accused of smuggling 4.1 kg of marijuana in her 'unlocked' boogie board bag. Schapelle was horrified when they made the terrible discovery and immediately denied any knowledge of it, or how it came to be in her boogie board bag. On May 27th 2005 Schapelle was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. "I swear that as God is my witness, I did not know that the marijuana was in my bag.
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There are several ways you can help Schapelle and her family in their fight for justice 1. Write Letters to your MP, and any other politicians you can requesting the governments intervention & assistance. Sign Petitions & spread the word! (see offical site for contact information, phone numbers, petitions & email) 2. Write postcards to Schapelle or send care packages - let her know that you care! 3. Watch out and take notice of press releases from the Corby family. They are the closest to the whole situation and have the best idea of what is needed and how the Australian public can support this case.
A woman's future live across the world
It was meant to be a holiday. A fun-filled break to a tropical paradise to celebrate a sister's birthday. But for Schapelle Corby it ended up a waking nightmare. She was arrested at Denpasar airport after 4.2 kilograms of marijuana was found in her boogie-board bag. Schapelle had become the real-life victim of every traveller's darkest fear - drugs had been placed in her bag after she checked it in. Though completely innocent, she was forced to face the consequences of someone else's crime in a country where the penalties for drug smuggling are among the harshest in the world. Her trial and conviction became one of the biggest stories of the decade in Australia, and the entire nation watched in horror as she was sentenced to twenty years in jail. Yet despite the huge media coverage, the one voice we never properly heard was Schapelle's herself. Now, in this searing and utterly compelling book she tells her own story: of being wrenched from a carefree holiday into a stinking police cell, of an alien legal system where her attempts to prove herself innocent were thwarted at every turn, and of learning to survive - day by terrible day - in the squalor, discomfort and violence of a third-world jail. Schapelle's story is an account like no other - of a young woman experiencing the unimaginable, and enduring the unendurable with courage, strength and humour. It's simply the most unforgettable book you'll ever read.
Murderers, Rapists and Terrorists are serving less time in this Bali jail than Schapelle..where is the justice?? Please click and add the above link- A great support page! spead the word