4th October 2013
Bachelard
The prison document also says that Corby suffers from "medium depression".
However,
contrary to recent reports, Corby's parole application has not moved
from the desk of the Bali justice department official who is required to
sign it before it is sent to Jakarta. It's expected to move early next
week.
Among the
phalanx of different assessments required by the parole authorities is
Corby's answer to the question: "Motivation for committing the crime?".
The documents record her answer: "She had no knowledge of the drugs' existence".
Since her
arrest in 2004, the former Gold Coast beautician has denied any
knowledge of the 4.2kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag, blaming Qantas baggage handlers for their presence there.
Until
recently, Indonesian law required a prisoner to admit to their crime
before being eligible for parole. But after a prison riot and break-out
in Medan in July it was clarified that the law was non-retrospective and
did not apply to existing prisoners.
After a recent
six-month sentence reduction, Corby can now expect to be back in
Australia in September 2017, not March 2018 if she gets parole.
If she spent
the remainder of her time in jail rather than on parole, she could be
returning to Australia in September 2016. However, she has made it clear
to family and authorities that she cannot wait that long to leave
Kerobokan prison.
The sticking
point has been her immigration status, because Corby finds herself the
first prisoner to test new regulations that allow foreigners to continue
serving sentences while on parole, rather than being directly deported.
However,
Bali's head of division for correctional facilities, Sunar Agus, is
expected to sign the documents early next week and forward them to
Jakarta, for more departmental and ministerial signatures.
A report on
Corby's behaviour, produced by the prison authorities at Kerobokan where
she has spent the past nine years since her arrest, focuses on heavily
religion, which plays a big part in Indonesian life.
Her "religious
education" is described as "praying in her room"; her "level of
religious knowledge: medium" and her religious activities also "praying
in her room".
The document
describes her health condition prior imprisonment as healthy, but her
condition inside prison as "medium depression".
However her
interaction with other prisoners, with prison officers and her regard of
prison regulations are all described as "good", as is her education
environment prior to imprisonment.
Her family environment prior to imprisonment is described as "conducive".
