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It took Jessica Hill three years to accept she was in prison. She used the next four years of her sentence to seek forgiveness and hone her craft.

The female incarceration rate has increased at a rate double the male incarceration rateMs Raga says Prison Ministry visits with her children bring women joy and happinessThat was despite the

While driving in Nasinu — on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji — she veered into the path of an oncoming car driven by a Fijian woman visiting from Queensland."I thought, 'Oh, this is the end of the road for me'," she said. "I believe that I have learnt from that mistake. And I believe that in the future that I'll make better decisions."In Papua New Guinea today, there are roughly 5,000 people in prison — 5 per cent of those are women.

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