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‘I FELL IN LOVE WITH A PRISON INMATE’

As a nurse in an aged-care facility, Sarah has always longed to help others in any way she could.

But one day, a chance discovery online made the mother of two realise that she had even more of herself to give. Little did she know that just a few clicks would change her life more than she could ever have imagined.

“I saw a post on Facebook about having an overseas inmate as a penpal,” the 29-year-old tells New Idea exclusively.

“And I clicked over to the website that allows people to write to prisoners and began

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