"reporting that she only had access to a hole in the ground for a toilet, one hour of fresh air each day and communal showers twice a week. Lyanne Kennedy speaks to the media after a hearing last week at Tbilisi city court. Photograph: Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters Kennedy told the BBC that during Culley's time there she toasted bread over a candle flame and boiled pasta in a kettle, but now she had been moved to a different prison her conditions appeared to have improved."
"She now gets two hours out for walking, she can use the communal kitchen, has a shower in her room and a proper toilet, Kennedy told the BBC. They all cook for each other Bella has been making eggy bread and cheese toasties, and salt and pepper chicken. Kennedy said the family was doing everything it could to get Culley home where she should be."
Bella May Culley, 19 and reportedly eight months pregnant, was arrested at Tbilisi airport accused of trying to smuggle 12kg of marijuana and 2kg of hashish into Georgia. She was initially held at Rustavi Prison No 5 where she reportedly had access only to a hole-in-the-ground toilet, one hour of fresh air daily and communal showers twice weekly. She has been moved to a prison with a mother-and-baby unit where she now gets two hours walking time, can use a communal kitchen, has a shower in her room and a proper toilet. Her family paid over 137,000 in a plea deal and say she described being tortured in Thailand and forced to transport the drugs. Sentencing is expected after negotiations with judicial authorities.
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