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Schapelle Corby could work her way free Karen Michelmore News.com Tuesday 22 Apr 2008 The outgoing head of Bali's Kerobokan Prison today said Corby should be made an inmates' leader - a role that could see up to 11 months cut from her sentence each year. Corby, who last month lost her final appeal against her sentence, was a "very good" prisoner, Ilham Djaya said. He said she should be considered for the role of Tamping, where she would lead a small group of prisoners, or the key role of Pemuka, who oversees the Tamping leaders. Should Corby make the rank of Pemuka, she could be eligible for sentence cuts of up to 11 months every year, Mr Djaya said. Smaller remissions apply to Tamping leaders. Mr Djaya offered his support for Corby despite the former Gold Coast beauty student's controversial stint at Kerobokan. Since her detention almost four years ago for cannabis smuggling, Corby has written a book describing the prison as a "disgusting slum". She missed out on a sentence remission last year after she was found with a mobile phone in her cell. And Corby recently emphatically denied reports, aired on Australian television, that she had been allowed out of the prison to dine with her sister at a Bali restaurant. Mr Djaya praised Corby and Bali Nine heroin smuggler Renae Lawrence, who is also serving a 20-year term. "Corby has a job to gather handicrafts from prisoners, like from sewing and knitting class, she has learned everything," Mr Djaya said. "The handicrafts collected by Corby are then collected by the Buddhist association to be sold in the market." He said the role of Pemuka would be good for long-term prisoners. "For a long-term prisoner like Renae or Corby it would be very good to be a Pemuka," he said. Mr Djaya described Lawrence as "extraordinary". "She does her jobs very well," he said, adding that Lawrence had done everything from fixing taps to cleaning. "Even the sewer, she is willing to clean it." Mr Djaya was formally replaced today by incoming prison governor Yon Suharyono at a ceremony in the prison complex. Corby's lawyer Erwin Siregar, who attended today's ceremony, told reporters he was yet to decide whether to seek clemency for the Australian from Indonesia's president. He was also still considering whether to seek another final appeal, even though Indonesian law makes no provision for that. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23581999-2,00.html
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