A British teenager - eight months pregnant and charged with drugs smuggling - is awaiting sentencing in prison in Georgia, South Caucasus. A payment of £137,000 by her family will reduce her sentence but what are the days like for Bella Culley, incarcerated 2,600 miles (4,180km) from home?
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Bella Culley's mother reveals her daughter - now 35 weeks pregnant - has been transferred to a prison 'mother and baby' unit.
This marks a significant change for the 19-year-old after five months in a cell in Georgia's Rustavi Prison Number Five, with only a hole in the ground for a toilet, one hour of fresh air daily, and communal showers twice a week.
Lyanne Kennedy says her daughter has been boiling pasta in a kettle and toasting bread over a candle flame but is now allowed to cook for herself and other women and children in the unit, and is learning Georgian.
She now gets two hours out for walking, she can use the communal kitchen, has a shower in her room and a proper toilet, she says, describing the improved conditions since a transfer earlier this month.
Miss Culley has been held in pre-trial detention since May, after police discovered 12kg (26lb) of marijuana and 2kg (4.4lb) of hashish in her hold luggage at Tbilisi International Airport.
Despite improved conditions, the case highlights stark realities inside Georgian prisons, previously revealed by inmates like Russian activist Anastasia Zinovkina, who described appalling sanitary conditions in a widely publicized letter from behind bars.
In this context, the Georgian Ministry of Justice insists that conditions in the prison have improved, noting various reforms under the new penitentiary code aimed at a human-centered approach. These reforms are accompanied by increased rights for inmates, including daily outdoor access and vocational education programs.
As Bella Culley prepares to face court again, her family remains hopeful for a favorable outcome, reflecting the complexities of navigating the justice system in a foreign country, particularly for a young mother soon expecting a child.
