Interior view of a prison where a British female condemned prisoner awaiting execution

Mondo International Updated on 2024-01-19

A British grandmother who was caught smuggling cocaine in Indonesia has been on death row for more than a decade, and the prison she is waiting for is what it looks like.

Lindsay Sandiford, from Yorkshire, is awaiting verdict at Kerobokan Jail when she misses the chance to see her sons grow up** and start a family.

Sandiford, 67, was caught in 2012 on her way from Bangkok to Bali with 10 in her suitcase16 pounds of smuggled cocaine.

Sandiford has been held since 2013 at Kerobokan Prison, one of Indonesia's most notorious prisons.

The prison was built in 1979 to accommodate 357 inmates, but today it houses more than 1,000 inmates.

Like Sandiford, more than 80 percent of the inmates here are held on drug charges, according to a 2017 ABC News report.

At the time of Sandiford** in 2012, there were 90 prisoners awaiting execution at Kairobokan prison.

Domestically, half of the country's prisoners are imprisoned for drug offences, and drug traffickers are dealt with particularly harshly.

In 2015, Indonesia** attracted international attention when two Australians who were part of a smuggling squad were executed by firing squad. They were two of the 12 foreigners killed in 2015, all executed on drug charges.

Sandiford is yet to face a firing squad.

The 67-year-old insists she was manipulated into smuggling cocaine into the country.

According to the Mirror, the mother, who lives in Cheltenham, knitted various items in her cell and ** them to raise legal costs.

Sandiford is still waiting for news of the execution date, and until then, she will be in a hopeless state.

She had separated from her husband and decided to move to India in 2012, but then became embroiled in a drug case.

After being arrested, Sandiford claimed that she was pressured by a gang that threatened her children and that her lawyer believed she was mentally ill.

Sandiford expressed regret over her actions during the trial, saying:"First of all, I apologize to you: she said"First of all, I would like to apologize to the Republic of Indonesia and the people of Indonesia for my participation.

I would never get involved in such a thing, but my children's lives were in danger and I felt I had to protect them.

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