A kind gesture from an empathetic corrections officer helped dull the horrors of night times in jail for Kathleen Folbigg.

“There was yelling and painful moaning, the best time to sleep was in the first two or three hours after we were all locked back in,” said Ms. Folbigg, who was sentenced to 20 years in jail after being wrongfully convicted of killing her four children.

“Once everyone’s medication wore off, the screaming of tortured minds began,” she said. 11

“Many a night I sat with head in hands rocking back and forth. Then a kind staff member gave me earplugs. They were life-changing.”

Kathleen, a mother from suburban Newcastle, had to adjust quickly to life on the inside.

“When I first entered jail, I may have looked strong and resilient, but tough I was not,” she revea

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