Women's prisons
Subtitle: old problems and new solutions
By: Television Renaissance, Inc. ; produced in association with Discovery Channel Canada ; director, Leslie Cote? ; writer, Antony Anderson
Contributors: Sherwood, Anthony; Television Renaissance, Inc; Discovery Channel Canada; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Women prisoners; Female offenders; Rehabilitation; Reformatories for women
Other titles: Forbidden places (Television program)
Description: "This program goes inside three women's prisons in the U.S. and Canada, contrasting old and new correctional philosophies. Key differences between the countries' systems are noted, such as the level of tolerance for sexual relationships between inmates. Interviews with the women poignantly highlight their struggles with drugs, suicide, motherhood, physical and sexual abuse.

The warden of the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women, the District Director of the Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women in British Columbia, and other prison officials discuss giving a second chance to women who often never had a first"--Container.
Notes: Originally broadcast on the Discovery Channel Canada television program: Forbidden places.

Photographers, Frank Vilaca, Steve Kocsis ; editors, Enzo Anile, Mark Clermont ; music, Robert Hart, Martin Kucaj.

Narrator: Anthony Sherwood.

DVD.