Kerry Tucker shared a cell with four female killers in one of Australia’s most notorious maximum-security prisons.
There was a fifth woman who was incarcerated in what Tucker refers to as “the cottages” who, at the time, had one of the most recognisable surnames in the country.
Renate Mokbel.
The sister-in-law of Tony Mokbel, a drug lord who sat at the top of Australia’s Most Wanted List, Renate was a suburban mother-of-three, jailed for perjury.
But she didn’t come alone.
Her three-year-old son also shared the cell with Tucker, and four female killers.
“He was right where he needed to be,” Tucker told Mamamia, reflecting on her time in Melbourne’s Dame Phyllis Frost maximum-security prison.
“Prisons are safe places for children and babies… the laughing and squealing in the background gave [the prison] a real sense of normality,” 55-year-old Tucker said.
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My husband works in the prison system, and I can assure you, (male) prison is exactly what you imagine it to be like. You certainly do not want to be a vulnerable male entering the prison system. The system, while trying to protect their clients, can only do so much.
I think its amazing that Kerry accepted her punishment and turned her life around.