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Over the next two years behind bars, the mother-of-four became obese, developed type 2 diabetes and suffered depression before being denied parole.
She died in custody in November 2021 after being given an inappropriately prescribed injectable opioid substitution.
Ms Calgaret was not given access to a psychologist while at Dame Phyllis and her mental health declined.
About six months before her death, Ms Calgaret pleaded in a letter to be released on parole.
She explained that the See Change program she was required to complete was not available at Dame Phyllis and asked to do it outside prison.
“I have four children that need me. I believe I have suffered enough,” Ms Calgaret wrote in the letter.
She begged for someone to “please read and answer my letter”, but it was never forwarded onto the parole board.
The coroner said Ms Calgaret had been eligible to be considered for parole more than a year earlier, about seven months after her sentence for aggravated burglary was imposed.
It wasn’t until October 2021 – a month before she died – that she was told her parole application had been denied because of a lack of suitable accommodation.
On November 22, a prison doctor gave her a dosage of opiate replacement therapy that was too high for her tolerance level.