Family leaves Cassie waiting
down, they can’t see their families, can’t speak the language. The biggest challenge is the food, which is vastly different from food in Australia.”
Inmates are offered three meals a day from a central canteen they call the rancho. They are woken at 4am to line up for cold showers, followed by breakfast and first headcount.
Channel Nine has paid what one insider described as an “eye watering” figure for access to Sainsbury’s mother Lisa Evans and sister Khala.
The family initially asked for $1 million for exclusive access to their reunion with Sainsbury, who is charged with attempting to smuggle 5.8kg of cocaine home.
The Nine film crew hit an early hurdle, with their United Airlines flight from Houston arriving without several of their bags, including camera gear.