First Hand - Sister to the Sinner

I feel I'm a mother image here. Somebody's got to care about them, that's what I feel I'm there for.

– Sister Joan Timpany, on her role in Auckland Prison

She's like a mum to me … Someone that understands and cares.

– Prisoner Michael on Sister Joan Timpany

We all need someone to love and we want to be wanted.

– Sister Joan Timpany

By comparison, the chapel services offer relaxed religion. It's hard to be formal when the piano keys have been stolen and the organ speakers are missing.

– Narrator Paul Gittins comparing the formality of communion to the informal chapel service in Auckland Prison