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Improved Schapelle Corby back in jail cell after depression |
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
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By Cindy Wockner in Bali -
July 09, 2008
SCHAPELLE Corby last night headed back to jail from hospital after her doctors said her depression was easing.
The convicted drug runner will continue to take medication and have therapy, but most probably will be treated at Bali's Kerobokan jail, where she is serving a 20-year sentence.
However, there will be no major changes in the conditions, with authorities saying Corby will be in the same cell as usual and sharing with five other prisoners.
Head of the psychiatric team at Sanglah Hospital, Nyoman Ratep, said that after examining Corby yesterday the team had decided she was ready mentally to be returned to jail.
Corby, who turns 31 tomorrow, has been in hospital for more than two weeks after suffering severe depression, for which she needed medication and counselling.
"In terms of mentality she is ready to face the environment in the jail with the assistance of medication, therapy and support from the medical team, so she can be ready to face her problems in jail," Dr Ratep said.
She will be treated by jail doctors, and the medical team from Sanglah Hospital will be available to treat her either at the jail or at the hospital as an outpatient.
"Clinically her condition is good and she is ready to be an outpatient," Dr Ratep said.
Jail doctor Agung Hartawan said some focus would be put on Corby's reintegration and adaptation at the jail.
The jail's head of security, Maliki, said yesterday no special preparations or changes were being made.
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Schapelle Corby to turn 31 back in jail
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From correspondents in Jakarta -
July 09, 2008 -
Article from: AAP
SCHAPELLE Corby will mark her 31st birthday at Bali's Kerobokan jail tomorrow after she was released from hospital following treatment for depression.
The Australian drug smuggler is back behind bars after spending two and a half weeks in Bali's Sanglah Hospital.
Mercedes Corby lashed out at a large crowd of reporters who were there to cover her sister's release from hospital last night.
"Leave her alone. Get out, I'll smash your camera,'' Mercedes Corby yelled as Schapelle was loaded into a prison van.
Doctors say Corby will continue to receive treatment at Kerobokan, where she is serving a 20-year sentence for marijuana smuggling.
Prison officials said the former Gold Coast beauty student slumped into deep depression after her final legal appeal failed.
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Mercedes' anger as Corby goes back to jail
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Article from: AAP - From correspondents in Jakarta -
July 09, 2008
AUSTRALIAN drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has been returned to her Bali jail after being treated in hospital for two and a half weeks for depression.
A large media contingent was on hand when the 30-year-old was taken from Bali's Sanglah Hospital overnight.
She was accompanied by her sister Mercedes who yelled at photographers as they closed in on Corby.
"Leave her alone. Get out, I'll smash your camera," Mercedes Corby yelled, in footage shown on Channel 7 this morning.
Officials from Kerobokan prison - where Schapelle Corby is serving a 20-year sentence for marijuana smuggling - said she had slumped into a deep depression after her final legal appeal failed.
Her doctor Nyoman Ratep said yesterday she was improving.
"Her condition is getting better and she is preparing for outpatient treatment," Dr Ratep said.
"She is now able to be sent back."
Dr Ratep said Corby would continue her treatment in prison.
Corby is serving 20 years after she was caught at Bali's airport in October 2004 with 4.1kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag.
Her final legal appeal failed in March when Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld the sentence.
An appeal for clemency is her last option, but it means she would have to admit guilt.
Her lawyers had claimed she was an innocent victim of baggage handlers involved in moving drugs around Australia.
But in a documentary, aired in Australia recently, Corby's former lawyer Robin Tampoe revealed he made up the baggage handler defence, sparking union calls for an apology to Australian baggage handlers.
Corby's period in hospital has also been marked by allegations that her late father was involved in the illegal drugs trade.
Corby's sister Mercedes has called for an apology over the "lies", aired on ABC TV, that Michael Corby had been involved in moving marijuana throughout Queensland for decades.
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