I Survived Kerobokan: A shocking story from behind the bars of Bali's most notorious prison

In 2012, Paul Conibeer, a traveler was jailed in Bali'sinfamous Kerobokan Prison - the home of Shapelle Corby, the'Bali Nine' and a host of international travelers on death row forsmuggling drugs. Paul's crime was a dispute over an unpaid hotelbill and his failure to 'pay off' the right people in the Kuta Policesystem that saw him jailed for almost 12 months. In 'I Survived Kerobokan Prison' Paul tells his harrowing story ofsleeping on a tiled floor at Kuta Police Station for 60 days, using awater bottle as a pillow. After two months of hell in a stench-filledcell he was transferred to Kerobokan. Kerobokan brought Paul into contact with a wide variety ofprisoners - murderers, rapists, drug mules and the innocent, likehimself - all searching for a way to survive. In his 300 days in Kerobokan, the toll on Paul's body and mentalstate were dramatic in that he:

lived with 52 men in a 33 man cell.

slept on a mattress on the floor with the rats andcockroaches.

had no money to barter for food, water and smokes.

continually had to watch his back frightened that he might be stabbed.

had his cell mate die in his arms from sickness.