During a brief visit inside the prison walls yesterday, The Weekly spoke to inmates who said Schapelle had been moved to the jail’s “release cell”, in anticipation of her departure today. They said Schapelle spent part of the afternoon yesterday farewelling fellow Aussie inmates, including Bali 9 death row prisoners, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. […]

Schapelle Corby faces life outside the Bali prison she has called home for nine years. It was an unusual sight to see the normally quiet and reclusive Schapelle Corby leave the small cell she has called home for the past eight years and nine months – and literally start dancing with joy in the courtyard […]

Sources inside Kerobokan suggest the most likely time for Schapelle to be released tomorrow is after the prison’s afternoon visiting hours, which conclude at 3pm (6pm AEDT). It is understood that once her release papers have been signed by the Governor of Kerobokan prison, the 36-year-old Australian will exit the jail and be transported direct to a […]

After almost 10 years behind bars, this is how Schapelle Corby chose to celebrate her freedom, knocking back a beer with her brother Michael Jnr. With the bizarre scarf she used to protect a multi-million dollar media deal finally removed from her face, Schapelle’s joy and relief at being released could be finally be seen. […]

The revelations came as Prime Minister Tony Abbott praised his ‘tough’ policies because they were ‘working’. Mr Abbott said no asylum seekers had reached Australia by boat in 50 days, the longest period since 2008. As the policy tests relations with Indonesia, officials from the Water Police Unit said ‘undocumented migrants’ found stranded in a […]

Corby, 36, is page three news of the Jakarta Post today after the Law and Human Rights Ministry granted her parole. The former beauty school dropout could be released from Kerobokan prison early next week. However House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santosa backed a petition challenging the decision to give the Australian parole. […]

And as Schapelle Corby lays down to sleep tonight in Kerobokan jail, knowing it could well be her second last night in Bali’s infamous prison, it will be little wonder if she gets very little rest at all. Three thousand, four hundred and five, give or take, is the number of nights Schapelle has spent in […]

The Indonesian Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin announced Corby’s parole had been approved in a press conference in Jakarta this evening. He said Corby was one of 1571 parole applicants he had considered and approved but stressed that she was not receiving any sort of special treatment. “Parole is not a generosity from the government, it […]

Renae, a member of the so-called Bali Nine, called the prison home for eight years, from 2005, when she was convicted of heroin trafficking, to November 2013 when she was relocated to another Indonesian facility. The Weekly’s news editor Bryce Corbett travelled to Kerobokan to interview Renae last year. During their hour-long meeting, Renae detailed […]

After almost nine years in a Bali prison, convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is finally fee. Schapelle was one of 1291 prisoners granted parole from Kerobokan prison on Friday and is now spending what is likely to be her final days in a Bali jail. “Corby has been approved to receive parole because (she) […]