Episode 188

Bob tries to apologise to Meg, but he still wants her to change her job. Lizzie is interviewed by the police about her escape and is warned she may face some serious charges. Meg tells Erica she wants to look for another job, but one where her existing qualifications will be sufficient. Erica agrees to make enquiries for her. Vera and Jim oppose the conjugal visits scheme, so Meg is given the job of organising the women to get the garden tool shed screened off and cleaned up for use as a visiting suite. Jim tells Vera it's pointless objecting to the scheme, and they can just rely on the women to ruin it without any help from them. Bea won't let anyone help clean out the shed, even though Hazel and Chrissie are keen. Chrissie's accuses Bea of being selfish and blocking the scheme just because she can't see Ken. David reports back to Erica and recommends that the visiting ban on Ken should be lifted. Erica announces that all existing bans on visitors will be lifted, but that the visiting suite is for the use of husbands and de factos only. Bea promptly volunteers to help clean up and decorate the shed. Lizzie sneaks into Erica's office and steals her table lamp, helping herself to a swig from the decanter as she leaves. Erica inspects the new visiting suite and notices the lamp , but doesn't make a fuss about it. Meg is delighted when Erica tells her about an opportunity as a welfare officer, but Erica also asks her to make sure she's doing this for the right reasons. Hazel applies for a conjugal visit, though she has to suffer Vera's sarcastic comments when she admits the man isn't her husband. Meg hands her application for the parole and probation officer to Erica for her approval. Lizzie is refused permission to have a visit from Sid. Chrissie has a surprise visit from Mick O'Brien, an ex boyfriend who tells her he has a job and offers to give Chrissie and Elizabeth a place to live when she is paroled. Chrissie is called to the Governor's office for bad news: Child