02 Tammy's Story | Searching for Safety

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Rob Bergen· Soundbite0:05

Jack McLennan was 27, fit, and visibly strong.

Liam· Guest0:11

He was trained well. He knew how to hit, and I was gobsmacked.

Rob Bergen· Soundbite0:15

He seemed ready for anything, but then he suddenly vanished.

Speaker 3· Soundbite0:19

I was just talking to him last night. Like, how the hell does that happen?

Rob Bergen· Soundbite0:23

I'm Rob Bergen. Join me as I investigate what became of Jack in the new season of Unravel. There has to be something more nefarious going on. Search for the Unravel podcast on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

Speaker 00:36

This podcast includes the name and voice of an Aboriginal person who's died.

Erin Parke· Host0:42

[gentle music] Hello, Kirste.

Kirsty Wolauer0:47

Hello.

Erin Parke· Host0:48

Last time we spoke, you were telling me about Tammy's story.

Kirsty Wolauer0:52

Mm-hmm.

Erin Parke· Host0:53

And you were explaining how she got sicker and sicker while she was in prison, but no one intervened until it was too late.

Tammy Shipley· Soundbite1:00

Yeah, I just need to make a phone call. Nobody knows where I am.

Erin Parke· Host1:03

She just drank and drank and drank, and had something like 20 liters of water.

Speaker 7· Soundbite1:07

Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre. I've got a woman unconscious. They've just put the defib on her. She's not responding.

Erin Parke· Host1:13

And Tammy's family is really angry about how she was treated in prison.

Tammy Shipley· Soundbite1:18

They still didn't let me know for hours after she was dead.

Erin Parke· Host1:25

But something we didn't really talk about last time was how she