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B Smith was today sentenced for the murder of Braden Holt. Crime patriarch

Vinnie Holt, who collapsed and died after the funeral of his son Braden.

Mother and convicted murderer B Smith faced the Supreme Court today for

sentencing. She remained unrepentant to the end.

Do you have anything to say before I pass sentence?

Braden Holt took my daughter's life, so I took his, and I'd do it all again.

Smith's story has generated massive public sympathy.

She took on and destroyed one of Melbourne's most feared crime families

in revenge for the death of her daughter, Debbie.

Justice Nicholls remained unmoved. Sentencing Smith to life without parole,

she will spend the rest of her days behind bars.

punishing the women for what I've done and it's got to stop.

The

chairman

of the Board of Correctional Services, Victoria, maintains that Governor

Ferguson has their full support.

Have you read this report?

I compiled it, Mr Chairman.

Prisoner organised a distraction to steal a security car.

Prisoner accessed mailroom with stolen card in order to steal a box cutter.

Prisoner slashed own wrists in order to avoid cuffing. Prisoner escaped from

hospital while undergoing treatment for injuries. And all of this on your watch.

I believe the hospital is actually outside my sphere of influence.

It was one of your officers who was meant to be on guard. Do I need to go

on? Since Miss Escape, I have instituted punitive measures.

Too late!

You've lost control of your prison.

If it wasn't for your loyal support of Mr. Channing here, you wouldn't have a

job. Now, you are on notice, Governor. One more stuff-up and you will be

stripped of your appointment.

Do I make myself clear?

However, with the groundswell of support in and out of the prison for B. Smith,

the question remains... Governor? ..how will Governor Ferguson keep control?

She's back.

when I don't know you.

You don't know me when I don't know you.

Did I die?

What are you doing in here?

Close.

Like to watch TV?

Now, miss.

That's the last time you'll be wearing that coat.

Might as well donate them to someone who can use them.

Underwear.

Getting off yet?

Yes.

Whatever little acts of defiance you care to try, I'd think very carefully

before you do anything without my permission.

When are you going to reinstate the privileges?

Oh.

Taking it out on everyone isn't fair.

Before you get completely carried away playing Jesus, just spare a thought for

Liz Birdsworth.

She's rotting away in protection because of you. You think that's fair?

Fate.

You step out of line, there will be consequences.

You are the property of Wentworth.

This is my prison.

Bend over.

Oh, that is lovely.

That is.

Oh, look. Hey,

is he sucking his thumb? Yeah, look.

I don't know.

It's a boy or a girl, though. Look, I don't want to know. Oh, no, it's good to

have a surprise.

How are you feeling?

Yeah, I'm good, actually. I'm nervous.

You are going to be fine.

I'm supposed to nominate an alternate carer for the baby.

I wish you were still in general.

Me too, love.

Have you heard how Bea went today?

No, no idea. No telly, no radio.

It's been months.

Everyone's up, pissed off with Ferguson. Look, I reckon it's going to get ugly.

It's probably a good thing you're in here.

Yeah, because in here I've just got the weird eyes and kitty killers and out

there people want to kill me.

Look, at least you're safe, hey?

As Frankie.

Enjoying your pearl?

Why don't you take a picture, mate? It lasts longer.

Three.

Check out the delivery.

Yeah, cool.

Um, I forgot.

Pumpkin, chicken, cauliflower, and what was that, carrot? Yeah, carrot.

Chicken.

Chicken. Yeah, chicken. Yeah, bunch of them.

What are you doing?

He's fucking dead jokes. How was it for you?

Wow, that's what I love about you.

You introduce me to all these new experiences.

Doyle!

Governor wants a word.

Where's Kate?

Huh.

Is she back?

What'd she get?

Life. Without parole.

Shit.

No wonder you look stressed.

She'll have made plans.

You know anything about them?

No, nothing.

We're not besties the way she shares.

Well, you'll just have to make sure she does.

We had a deal.

We still do.

Really? Mm.

Because everything you've given me is either information I already know or

would have undoubtedly found out, or it's just plain untrue.

And what about your end of the deal?

You said you'd get rid of my competitors.

And I have.

Except for Queen Bee.

Have you forgotten about that fat-ass elephant that just walked back in the

room?

Well, then it would help your cause if you could give me something on it. Yeah,

and yours too.

When I watch my back, you're far away. You seem to like this power thing. Are

you playing me, darling?

And we're all playing each other.

Are we finished?

Yes.

Yes, we are. I'm putting an end to our little agreement. You're on your own,

Frankie.

Hey. How'd it go?

How's everything here?

It's all good. It's good.

Except the girls are still testing you about their privileges.

Cindy Lou isn't happy.

No.

Cindy Lou's never happy. What is it this time?

You say we get time in the kitchen.

But then as soon as you go to court...

Frankie pulled the knife.

Frankie said, fuck off.

Frankie called Cindy Lou a skank.

Cindy Lou is a skank.

Frankie runs the kitchen.

If Cindy Lou wants to prepare her own food, she has to do it outside regular

mealtimes. You know that's the deal. But Frankie told us to piss off.

Okay, well, you tell Cindy Lou that I'll deal with Frankie.

All right?

Or is it his tummy? Oh, hey!

Do you want to see my ultrasound?

Yeah.

Aw. Isn't it gorgeous?

Yeah. Oh, I think Nash a copy. He's going to be so wrapped.

Hey, do you want a cuppa?

Oh, no, no, no. I'm just going to take him on.

Okay, let me know if you change your mind.

Thanks. Oh, hey.

Can you tell Frankie I want to see you?

Keep an eye on Cindy Lou and Tina, yeah? Make sure there's no trouble. Of course.

Hey, B.

How'd you go this morning?

I got off.

B.

Smith is a serious offender.

How we deal with her will be highly scrutinized by the public and by a

nervous government intent on proving they are tough on crime.

If she shows the slightest signs of resistance, you will come down hard on

her. Understood?

Yes, Governor.

She is also highly manipulative.

The moment you feel sorry for her is the moment you know she is using you. Isn't

that right, Mr. Jackson?

Mr. Jackson has just returned from four months suspension, courtesy of B. Smith.

Welcome back.

Governor. One more thing.

The state government has instituted a ban on smoking in all prisons to be

phased in over the next 12 months.

We will not be phasing it in.

Wentworth started today.

Is there a problem?

The women are already on edge. We've taken away their telly, restricted their

visits. We take away their snacks. This is government policy. Are you suggesting

we ignore it?

Smith's actions have thrown a spotlight on everything you do.

You can tell that to the women as you confiscate their cigarettes.

Yes, Governor.

That'll be all, everyone. Thank you.

Look, she's asking for trouble is all I'm saying. Yeah, and it's our job to

make sure that there isn't any.

This is Bridget Westfall.

Will Jackson.

G'day. What's the matter?

Miss Westfall is a forensic psychologist.

She's... Join the staff on a full-time basis to run some anti-recidivism

programs with the women.

Well, there's one you won't have to worry about.

Bea Smith, life, no parole.

When did this happen?

This morning.

We've just returned from the Governor's briefing.

Governor.

May I have a word, please?

How can I help you, Mrs Westmore?

Westfall.

Apparently, there was a staff briefing this morning. Why was I excluded?

You are not my staff. You were a board appointment.

Technically, yes, but if I'm to function as part of a team, I really feel... Fine

as you wish. I will include you in future. Anything else?

I should meet with Smith today, if that's all right with you.

I wasn't aware she'd requested that you strike.

It is usual procedure after a tough sentencing.

I determine procedure, Miss Westfall.

Of course, but I think you might be overlooking something.

What would that be?

Board gave me pretty clear KPIs on the prison's mental health.

I hope you don't intend to obstruct that brief.

You can't have it both ways, Miss Westfall.

If you wish to be a member of my team, you'll be reporting to me.

Certainly.

So may I proceed?

Be very cautious, Miss Smith.

She is a manipulator.

Oh, don't worry, Governor.

It's at the forefront of my mind. I'm trained to deal with all types, even

those who appear to have their shit together.

No, I don't want to see your fucking ultrasound.

Where's Red?

You want her word?

Yeah.

Have a seat.

Everything good in the kitchen?

All good.

Yeah? Yeah.

Had a totally hilarious tea towel fight with boobs. Gave her an epic bruise.

She'll actually fucking hurt.

Oh, fuck it up, princess.

Yeah, but Cindy Lou, though, she's not very happy.

Is she?

We'll tell her she can come back.

I promise not to use a boning knife on her. Great, thanks.

No problem.

Anything else?

No.

Oh, yeah.

You're still one short on the roster?

Since Kimmy got paroled, yeah.

Okay, well, maybe you can give Maxine that detail.

No.

We're all good, aren't we? Yeah, we're so fucking good.

I'm sure she'd love to help out.

Sure.

Good.

And Frankie?

It'd be a real problem for me if the drugs coming in here are traced back to

you. And why would they?

I'm just saying.

Mr Jackson, you're back.

Smith, you wanted.

Hi, Mr. Jackson.

So, how you been, Mr. Jackson?

Didn't think they'd ever let you escort me anywhere ever again.

Come in.

I didn't ask for your side.

Oh, you should. You bloody need it.

I'm Bridget Westfall, forensic psychologist.

Yeah, I know who you are.

I asked to see you in the wake of today's sentencing.

How are you feeling?

How do you think I'm feeling?

Well, I'd like to hear that from you.

Take a seat.

You say whatever you like.

Nothing goes out of this room.

I know you're probably still processing everything.

for the last four months. This prison hasn't had TV, radio.

They're bringing the cheapest food into the kitchen.

And the education unit time's been halved. The governor, she's doing this.

She's punishing everyone in here because of what I did and at times she stopped

it. You know, the governor's under her own pressures.

What pressures? What pressures?

I'm not here to talk about the governor.

Is that why these measures are still in place? Because she needs to be seen to

be doing something by the board. Is that it? Is it?

We're here to talk about you.

Is this session compulsory?

No, it's not.

Don't get me wrong.

I'm really glad you're here. I am.

There's plenty of women out there that need your help. I'm just not one of

them. That might be true, but you've been through a hell of a lot lately.

You may need some coping strategies, and it's my job to help you with that.

It was good to meet you, Ms. Westfall.

No way! This is bullshit!

You're going to take away any smoke.

What's going on?

Stay out of it, Smith. You've got half an hour to smoke your last cigarette,

then you hand in what's left.

Have I missed something?

Where's Ben smoking?

I've got to go to work soon, don't I? Then you've got five minutes.

You can thank this one for that.

Attention,

compound. We're at a detail. I've got to commence in five minutes.

Should we look at this?

Not really.

You know what Ferguson said to you? You need to be careful. You're too late to

worry about me. Be careful.

You good? Yeah, I'll light it up.

Work details starting. Get back to your jobs.

All right, ladies. Light up.

Thanks.

I said get

back to work.

Oh, sorry, Miss Bennett, but we've been ordered to hand in all our smokes.

You don't smoke, Smith.

Hmm? I'm a social smoker.

If you spring this on us without any warning, then work stops until the girls

have finished all their smokes.

Return to work now.

You've been warned, Smith.

I've just been given life without parole, Governor.

What more can you do to me?

You know

what

they'll do to us. I told you.

Out of the way. No, no, they'll tear her apart.

You know that you can't do this.

Insubordination. Slaughter. What? You can't. No, you can't. You can't do that.

What? Hey, Ferguson.

Ferguson. You freak.

No, no.

They went there. They went there.

What the fuck?

Hi, Lucy.

You're an age flop, eh?

That's your cell there.

You know where the duress button is if you need it. Yeah, Miss Bennett.

Conway, what are you doing here?

I live here, Governor. I believe you're required in medical.

I've already prescribed a test.

It's all right, love. I'll be okay.

Now, Conway.

Be sit. No one touches her.

I'm sorry about the seven years.

I had to do it.

And I have to do these.

This is a code black. All prisoners return to their units. Medical

assistance required in H4.

I repeat, this is a code black.

That's it.

A little bit bigger with this leg.

Nice big step.

So, how are you?

Pretty good.

Since last week.

How are you?

Good. Busy, you know how it is.

An application for the disability support pension.

You're going to need some kind of income when you get discharged from here.

I don't know.

I'll help you fill it out.

So?

Your name.

I know that one.

Address? I want to see Will.

Could you tell him?

You sure that's what you want?

How's Liz doing?

What

happened

to Liz?

She's in medical.

But she'll survive.

What sort of human being puts another person at risk just to prove a point?

You don't run with pregnant men.

I do.

Bon appetit.

Where have you been?

Looking for a clean pair of socks. I've got blood on the other one.

Hey. What?

I wouldn't have done that to Liz.

She's a lagger.

I was against what Bea wanted.

Do you know how she is?

Who cares?

Where have you been, Smalls? Governor must be starving by now.

Smalls, can I take that for you?

Yep. Thank you.

Tell the governor, enjoy.

Good evening.

What's the story, Conway?

There's no story, Mr. Bakula.

Back up over here. Oh, there's no need, Mr. Bakula, really.

Right, everyone step back.

Step back now!

Maybe he'd like to back off.

I said back right off!

I said back off!

Billy!

Get the gate.

Yeah. On your way. On your way. I really didn't want to raise my voice.

The women have lost it. You need to lock the door, okay? Jesus.

You're all right. I'm okay.

What's going on? Don't worry, okay?

You'll be fine.

Well, what's going on?

Are they after Liz?

What's going on at the door?

I was ambushed, Mr. Channing.

I did the best I could. But it wasn't enough.

Have you seen the chairman since the meeting?

Mm-hmm.

Hasn't changed his mind?

Then I would try harder.

Because I'm beginning to wonder whether it's even worth having an ally on the

board if he fails to deliver any benefits.

They think you might have become a liability.

I won't concede.

Tell them that.

It's not looking good.

Well, then it's not looking so good for you either.

If they move on me, I'd be more than happy to fill them in on that little

staffing issue at your brothel.

I sort of want to come to that.

Wait here. Give me a minute.

Stay close.

Hi, Mr Jackson.

Hey. Long time no see.

Okay, Maxine.

Want to tell me what's going on? Girls just felt like a bit of a barbie, didn't

we? Beautiful day. Come on, Max.

What's the problem?

There's no problem, Mr Jackson.

Well, there's got to be something you want to talk about. You come any closer

and someone's going to get hurt.

Okay. Yep.

I mean it. All right. Tell them to get out of here.

Now. Back off. Now. Back off now. Take it easy, Max.

You take it easy. Okay, okay. Fuck off.

All of you.

That's right.

Keep burning.

This is out.

Sierra 4 calling Sierra 2.

This is the governor.

I'm in the exercise yard, governor. We have a situation.

This is the governor.

Shut that alarm off.

Report, please.

Fires restricted to the middle of the yard.

Some prisoners are armed. No injuries at this stage. We're treated so as not to

escalate the situation.

It appears containable at this stage, Governor.

What do they want?

They won't say, Governor.

Hold, guys, hold.

Are you able to identify who's involved?

It appears to be H Block, Governor.

Maxine Conway is the ringleader.

PRS3, this is the Governor.

PRS3 receiving.

What's the status of the lockdown?

All units are secure except H Block.

Who's left in H Block? No one.

You need to call back up.

If these women want to burn all their personal possessions, then let them.

There is no violence. No one is injured. I'm not calling an SESG. You'll have to.

The board will find out anyway.

Then I will know who told them.

What's going on?

Get back to your units.

back to your units.

Someone's out there.

Um... This is a really stupid... Oh,

is she real?

What the hell am I up to?

delivery to bring in. They'll have to wait for a knockdown.

Come on.

Back off, Doyle. I'm not in the mood.

Well, look, it's sitting there in the sally port. Mate's going to go... Yeah,

I don't care. Place is a knockdown. No one goes anywhere.

Is money enough for you? I still don't care.

If you're so worried about this delivery of yours, maybe you should have told

your mates not to start burning their gear in the yard.

I'll do that.

Keep an eye on this one, will you?

What are you going to do?

I know I'm all right. Shut up.

What happened?

Queen B, that's what fucking happened.

Still no demands?

No, Governor.

Maintain your presence there. They'll get bored eventually. When they do, you

can move in. Copy that. You're taking a hell of a risk.

Now, I know it's contained, but if someone gets injured, then you haven't

got the backup.

The kitchen's secured, Governor, but there are still prisoners missing from H

Block. Don't listen. You need to call for backup. I will talk to the board.

What's happened to this feed?

Where is this?

Let's bring the cameras.

H Block corridor, lower level stairway, admissions corridor.

This fire is a diversion. They're after something else.

Rupert, the governor.

Grab some of the slot.

Have a look.

Bring that up a moment.

What do you want?

We've got Fennigan's hit.

Open the door or we start fucking with her.

Zoom it up.

To whom am I speaking?

Don't try that shit with me.

The management unit is in lockdown.

I'm not able to open that door.

You've got to phone use it.

Tell the screws in there to open the fucking door. They'd fuck off out of

there now.

All right.

I will need some time to speak with the officers inside.

You've got two minutes.

Miss Miles, round up all available officers.

Send a group to the admissions corridor. Another one to the kitchen stairs.

Protect the prisoners from two directions.

And be ruthless.

No one gets away.

Yes, Grandma.

Now, what are you going to tell the board?

That my office has had the situation under control the entire time.

Circus?

The situation is about to be resolved.

A little more patience, please.

Oh, really?

That is correct.

They disabled the doors. The officers can't get to them.

No.

No.

What the hell are you doing? I will not give in to these demands. You listen to

me. You will return to your unit.

This is Derek Canning, general manager of this facility.

Officers in the isolation unit. Go to emergency channel.

Yes, sir.

Open the gates, leave your keys and go.

Do not make any move that puts Ms Bennett's life at risk. Am I clear?

Here. Babe!

I'm here!

Babe. Hi.

We got ourselves a friend.

I'm not going in.

I think you're forgetting something, Mr. Cheney.

I won't be calling the SESG.

And neither will you.

Sierra 2, this is Sierra 4.

This is the governor.

The women want to speak to you.

What do they want?

Taxi.

Well? You haven't called in the squad.

Yet I know I haven't.

And let the world know you've lost control of this place.

It was never gonna happen.

to back off, put down their weapons, send them back to their units.

Or we can just stay here, hang out, until you're forced to call the squad.

It's up to you.

What do you want?

No repercussions for anyone involved here today.

And anything that affects the women in the future, you run it by me first.

You don't run this prison.

I do.

I'm breaking in, shaping up, been checking out on the prison bus.

This is it, the apocalypse.

Whoa, I'm waking up.