Despite her time in maximum security, Pauline tells Warren Gibbs Aussie jails are too good for Schapelle.
As former Prisoner C70079, Pauline Hanson knows all too well the harsh realities of life behind bars. Faced with the prospect of three years locked up in the Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre’s Maximum Security Unit, Pauline admits she was at her lowest ebb.
Yet, although she knows only too well what life behind razor wire and security check-points feels like, she says if convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby is truly guilty, she should serve out the rest of her jail time at Bali’s Kerobokan Prison – not at taxpayer’s expense in Australia.
“The fact is, she was convicted on drug charges in Bali and that’s where she must do her time,” says Pauline. “That’s unless, of course, our government is prepared to seek an exchange program with other countries.
“Non-Australian nationals should be deported back to their country if they are convicted of a criminal offence which carries a sentence of 12 months or more to do their time.
“Our jails, especially in Queensland from my experience, are far too soft for convicted murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, paedophiles and now our ever increasing numbers of people smugglers,” she tells Woman’s Day.
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