Joanne Froggatt

Outline: Young inmate on G-wing Rachel finds prison life hard seeing as she is a young mum and missing her young daughter. Twisted Con Shell Dockley makes her move on Rachel by making life uncomfortable for her.

Rachel Hicks, a young vulnerable inmate is enduring the bullying of her cellmate, Denny who is sidekick to top dog Shell. Shell knows that Rachel is inside for attemting to supply drugs and Shell makes a move by trying to get drugs in via Rachel.The longer Rachel hangs out, the more determind Shell gets.PO Fenner gives Rachel a cleaning job in the PO's Office.Could this be the start of something?

As the night draws in and the cellmates settle down, Jim Fenner makes a move on a vulnerable Rachel.

Rachel is mad about Fenner and is jumping to when they can be alone together again and will they be able to see eachother when she gets out, She gives him a letter but flushes it down the toilet as its too risky. Inmate Nikki Wade knows Fenner is a complete waster and warns Rachel off, Shell also begins to suspect seeing as Fenner is doing 'her duties'.

When Shell knows its happening she pays Rachel a visit and beats her to the cell floor leaving a very upset and lonely Rachel alone. Later at teatime Rachel collapses in the Dinner Queue and is escorted to the hospital wing.

Despite the consequences Fenner is spending a lot of time in Rachel's cell, when Rachel feels neglected and 2nd best to con Shell Dockley Fenner assures her that Rachel comes 1st. Later Shell comes into Rachel's cell and takes a photo of Rachel's baby, Maddie, and gouges out its eyes using a pen and tells her that this will happen to her child if she cant get drugs in for Shell.

Rachel has been told by Fenner that really Fenner wouldnt look at her twice and this hurts Rachel deeply.

After arranging for the drugs to be smuggled in for Shell via Rachel's mother, Rachel's mother suspects and doesnt bring the package of drugs and then goes on to tell Rachel that her daughter has been taken into care which makes matters worse for Rachel who storms off in a rage and feels vulnerable. Later, after finding out Rachel didnt get the package Shell torments her through the cell wall which then leads to a on-edge Rachel trashing her own cell and being sent into the four-bed dorm where Wing Governer Helen thinks that will be best.

During the night one of the cellmates is sidekick Denny who torments Rachel and kicks her.Later Shell hands Denny a photo to give to Rachel which means Rachel is going to be cut up. Rachel lies there in darkness knowing that life is no longer living and cant go on.

The next morning inmate Zandra wakes to see Rachel standing limply at the side of the bunk, during the night Rachel used her bedsheets to hang herself in order to find a way out of life. Shell and Fenner know they are too blame.

Later new inmate Crystal sings amazing grace in honour of a young life being destroyed by the cruelties of Prison life.

Rachel Hicks was in series 1. for the 1st 4 episodes.

Check out the series one section for more

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