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Why I’m happy my son Went To Jail

The prison sentence Jane’s son served helped him to save others

Jane Jones, 54, Melbourne, Vic

Shaking my head, I didn’t know what to do. As police took my son Zac’s fingerprints, he reeked of drink and at just 16 seemed so lost.

Zac was my only child and I’d always been very protective. He’d been so full of life, loved music and Harry Potter as a kid. But hitting his teens, Zac got expelled from countless schools. I’d found marijuana in his room, and was sure he was using harder drugs. At night I drove the streets searching

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