The second is the story of a friendship put to test behind bars. When two friends are imprisoned for a felony, one aligns herself with a powerful gang leader in hopes of gaining better treatment for her unborn child. The last, a story of a women who went to jail for murdering her husband after suffering years of physical abuse. Coming up for parole, she finds it difficult to face the possibility of life on the outside with her family. The Prison Dream 24 minutes This video was created in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the CO Department of Corrections for the purpose promoting corrections careers to potential high school graduates.
Target market is middle and high school students.
The program includes scenes of a family visiting a prisoner and selections of prisoner created art. The message is the divesting effects of drug abuse and drug-relating crime. This tape gives a brief overview of the Prisoner's Public Works Program which is an inmate work program implemented through contracts between the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and municipal and county governments as well as other state agencies to provide services such as maintenance repair, and beautification of local parks and roadways. They Ain't What They Used to Be 58 minutes This video is a historical documentary on the Colorado Department of Corrections. It contains several interviews with retired staff and current long-time inmates.