Prisoner Transfer To Australia
After having spent seven years in incarceration in the Klong Prem Central Prison in Chatuchak, in 2006 Deane-Johns applied to be transferred to a Western Australian jail under a 2002 bilateral prisoner exchange agreement between Australia and Thailand. Despite Federal government approval, her application was refused by Western Australian Corrective Services Minister Margaret Quirk.
On 14 June 2007, Federal Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator David Johnston urged the Western Australian Government to reconsider its decision to block Deane-Johns' return but the request was promptly declined. Minister Quirk announced on 9 August 2007 that she now supported Deane-Johns' return to Australia based on new medical evidence that she had been provided with that indicated Deane-John's "already serious health problems would be further complicated should she remain in the Bangkok prison".
On 7 December 2007, Deane-Johns arrived back in Australia where she was transferred to Bandyup Women's Prison. She was released in December 2012, having completed a post-graduate diploma in social work while in prison.
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