41 min

Going cold turkey in a Bangkok prison Lives Less Ordinary

    • Personal Journals

A life shaped by addiction.
Australian Holly Deane-Johns had a complicated childhood. Her parents ran an escort agency from their home, and heroin addiction later took over the whole family. She was first given heroin by her mother, aged just 15. Holly ended up dealing to feed her habit, and in her early 30s was sentenced to 31 years in a notorious Thai prison, convicted of drug smuggling.
Presenter: India Rakusen
Producer: Mary Goodhart
Editor: Rebecca Vincent
Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784

A life shaped by addiction.
Australian Holly Deane-Johns had a complicated childhood. Her parents ran an escort agency from their home, and heroin addiction later took over the whole family. She was first given heroin by her mother, aged just 15. Holly ended up dealing to feed her habit, and in her early 30s was sentenced to 31 years in a notorious Thai prison, convicted of drug smuggling.
Presenter: India Rakusen
Producer: Mary Goodhart
Editor: Rebecca Vincent
Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784

41 min

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