First timer - Imagine the gates of a prison closing behind you. Imagine being stripped of your possessions and your dignity. For first time offenders, life in prison is a game of survival. Alison Smith takes you to the Millhaven Institution for a look at life behind bars through the eyes of a new inmate. But at the Westmorland Institution near Moncton, there are no fences, no barbed wires, not even bars on the windows.
Some inmates even leave without permission.
Westmorland is a minimum security prison,designed to train inmates for the outside world. It's home to some of the most violent and dangerous men to ever go through the prison system. Wendy Mesley has the story of one man and his road back into society. Female Prisoners - No place to go. That's the situation for women serving maximum sentences in Western Canada.