How do you prepare for prison? How do you tell your young daughters that you aren’t going to see them for a very long time?

Kerry Tucker was jailed in 2004 for one of the biggest white-collar crimes committed by a female in Victoria at the time. She’d been stealing money from her employers. She owned up to it, went through the process and spent 4.5 years behind bars in a maximum security prison away from her two daughters. Surprisingly for Kerry, jail was the making of her and she’s written a book all about it...

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Host: Mia Freedman 

With thanks to special guest Kerry Tucker.

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Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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