Ruth Walsh was a convict and an inmate of Fiz Stape at Norcross Prison in 2011. Ruth met Fiz when the latter was made to clean at the Mother and baby unit, where Ruth was a tenant. The two immediately bonded over their shared motherhood and Ruth told Fiz that her baby daughter had been born 6-weeks premature. Fiz revealed that her baby Hope was 12-weeks premature. Ruth was portrayed by Rebecca Callard, the real-life daughter of Beverley Callard who played Liz McDonald.