Life in prison: what's it really like?

By Stephanie Wood
August 21 2016 - 3:00pm
Patrick and Mel Jacob at their Blue Mountains home this month: “I’d fallen head over heels in love with his gentleness,” says Mel. “I couldn’t begin to imagine how he would survive in prison.”  Photo: Janie Barrett
Patrick and Mel Jacob at their Blue Mountains home this month: “I’d fallen head over heels in love with his gentleness,” says Mel. “I couldn’t begin to imagine how he would survive in prison.” Photo: Janie Barrett

A suburban dad’s poor decisions lead him to jail. How does his incredulous wife – and mother to his two children – adjust to the stiff sentence?

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