Schapelle is not a "naughty child." She is 34 years old. If she acts like a child, it's because her mental health has deteriorated during her 5 years at Kerobokan. And who in their right mind (which Schapelle no longer is) would be appreciative of that hellhole of a prison? He acts like it's some luxury hotel.
Human rights activists estimate that life expectancy in the badly overcrowded jail compound would be between 10 and 15 years. 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. Corby 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. Corby's family says the jail food is inedible. It comes around on a big cart - a bucket of rice which her family says regularly contains stones, dirt and sticks, and a pot of some kind of stew. The pot is encrusted with drying and rotting food." - Herald Sun
"Vertical metal bars interrupt views of shiny silver razor wire. Any tempting smell of local cuisine is replaced by the stench of sewage. The cool, clear ocean is far removed from these scummy washbuckets. This is life in Bali's notorious Kerobokan Prison, a nightmare destination not featured in any travel brochure. " - couriermail.co.au
"No TV, no internet, no sport - nothing. Just opressive torturous conditions, in a highly dangerous environment, in which AIDS is rife, and daily survival is a serious struggle. Time in these conditions bears no resemblance to time in a western prison. It is a genuine hell."
Those familiar with the Kerobokan paint a grim picture of the cramped and dirty cells, where poor sanitation and a lack of air conditioning against the tropical climate create a breeding ground for disease. Kerobokan's prisoners are locked up for 20 hours a day in dark rooms which measure a mere three square metres. Larger 30-metre cells are usually crammed with up to 20 prisoners, according to prison doctor, Anak Agung Gede Hartawan." "Common diseases include respiratory ailments and skin conditions, while many prisoners complain of headaches. Hartawan said 11 prisoners are confirmed carriers of HIV/AIDS but 30 are estimated to have the virus" - news24.com
A former inmate wrote a book on the Kerobokhan after her release. She calls it "hell on earth".
Shapelle, along with assistance of psychotropic medication, has lasted in this godforsaken prison for 6 years, along with her fellow inmates who include murderers, rapists, child sex offenders, theives and terrorists.
The Islamic Terrorists got lesser sentences than Scapelle and they received sentence cuts in 2005. Did they go to mass?
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who is serving a 30-month jail term for his role in instigating the Bali bombings, will have his sentence cut as prisoners across Indonesia are granted leniency to mark independence day, the local media has reported. Justice Minister Hamid Awaluddin said Bashir and some of the 24 other people jailed for their roles the 2002 Bali attacks would receive sentence remissions in conjunction with Wednesday's independence day celebrations, according to the Jakarta Post.
A Jakarta court in March sentenced Bashir to 30 months in jail for taking part in a conspiracy that led to the Bali bombings, which killed 202 people including 88 Australians.
...The office of the Justice Ministry in Bali has proposed remissions for 19 of 24 Bali bombers in the Kerobokan prison on the resort island, Antara quoted ministry official Mayun Mataram as saying.
By 2006,
14 terrorists had been released from prison early.
Bali: 30 months for a terrorist, 20 years for pot possession.
Free Schapelle, Boycott Bali.
