Lindsay Sandiford was arrested back in 2012 after she was found trying to smuggle 11 pounds of cocaine into Bali.
The drugs were estimated to be worth about $2.1 million and had been transported from Bangkok, Thailand.
Following her arrest, she was sentenced to death and has been locked away in the infamous Kerobokan prison ever since.
Despite being designed for just three people, Sandiford has been sharing a cell that’s only 10 feet by 8 feet in size with 13 other women.
Originally intended to house 350 inmates, a report in 2017 revealed the prison had swelled to nearly 1,400 people living inside.
Heather Mack, who served 10 years in Kerobokan prison for murder, described Sandiford as being quite ‘isolated’ during their time together.
She told the Mirror: “I am friends with Lindsay but she has been difficult to speak to recently.”
Sandiford has also reportedly expressed a somber final request if her execution goes ahead: “When it happens I don’t want my family to come. I don’t want any fuss at all. The one thing certain about life is no one gets out alive.”
“My attitude is ‘If you want to shoot me, shoot me. Get on with it’,” she added, revealing the gravity of her mental state.
She said Sandiford later confided in her, saying: “It won’t be a hard thing for me to face anymore, I might not have chosen this kind of end, but then again, dying in agony from cancer isn’t exactly appealing either. I do feel I can cope with it.”
The Myanmar Accountability Project stated that under new laws, capital punishment sentences could potentially be commuted to life imprisonment.
Eligibility for this change depends on the prisoner showing a “commendable attitude and actions.” Sandiford, who has spent over a decade behind bars and has reportedly shown good behavior, like teaching other inmates how to knit – is seen by some as a strong candidate for clemency.
The source told The Mirror: “Lindsay has slumped into depression because she’s not been released yet. She’s given away all her clothes and things she had because she was expecting to be released already. But it’s understood she will be released in a few months, along with other westerners.”
“The new Indonesian president has, among his many changes, said he wants to reduce the numbers in jail.”
Earlier this year, she was able to reunite with her family and even got the chance to embrace her grandchildren again – something that brought her a moment of joy amid uncertainty.