Episode 6.4
Written by Di Burrows
Produced by Cameron Roach
Directed by Ian Knox
Fenner is ranting and raving and the POs are struggling to restrain him. When he makes a lunge at Kris, they redouble their efforts and he is taken to the hospital wing. Dr Nicholson is reluctant to send Fenner to hospital for fear of him being sectioned and instead, writes him a sicknote and refers him to a friendly psychiatrist. Di, ever desperate to hang onto her man, agrees to take Fenner home and look after him.
PO Paula Miles overhears Hollamby making racist remarks to an inmate and Frances responds by booking Hollamby onto a race-relations course. Now that Hollamby has been sorted, Frances turns her attention to Phyl who suffers the humiliation of being forced to dig up her drugs from the garden. At least she does have the consolation of a full night’s sleep and her old cellmate, Bev, back.
A prisoner arrives on G-Wing convicted of brutally murdering her husband’s uncle. But everyone is surprised when the killer turns out to be a softly spoken Muslim lady called Janan. At first, the Julies and Tina are sceptical when Janan insists that she is innocent, but change their minds when they hear that her crime was committed in self-defence and that her husband’s family lied at her trial. The Julies try to persuade Janan to appeal but it’s useless: her husband’s family will never tell the truth. The situation takes another twist when the Janan climbs up onto the roof of the storeroom to protest her innocence.
Frances makes an initial attempt to talk Janan down but is unsuccessful. Janan is resolute; she will stay on the roof until she receives justice and will jump if anyone tries to interfere. The Julies, Tina, and Darlene gather together blankets and food to pass up to Janan, but a PO comes across them and Darlene responds by knocking him out! The four inmates are now left with no choice but to join Janan on the roof.
Five days later and the national press are greedily lapping up the drama. Up on the roof, the women have suffered freezing cold and wet conditions and are now completely out of food. Worst is to come when Tina badly injures herself when she overbalances and tumbles from the roof. In an attempt to put an end to the drama, Janan’s mother-in-law arrives at the prison, supporting her daughter-in-law’s claims that she killed her uncle in self-defence. She promises Janan she will testify on her behalf.
Fenner arrives back at work carefully avoiding his colleagues, sneaks onto G-Wing and lets himself into Kris’ cell. He beats her up and then urinates on her. Alerted by Kris’ cell alarm, Selena arrives to the rescue and manages to drag Kris to safety before locking Fenner in. Dr Nicholson now has no choice but to refer Fenner to the local hospital where there is no doubt that he will be sectioned under the Mental Health Act. A tearful Di looks on as he is strapped down to a stretcher and wheeled away to a waiting ambulance.