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Stacey Dooley Investigates: Locked Up With The Lifers

Stacey Dooley Investigates: Locked Up With The Lifers

Production: BBC

Duration: 59:00 min

Language: English

In this new documentary Stacey Dooley gets to know the inmates and the warden of the Iowa Correctional Institution, a radical prison in Northwest America seeking to build a humane environment for the women serving time for some heinous crimes, including murder.It's a controversial approach, as many people believe that these women should be punished harshly for their actions, given the damage they have wreaked on the lives of the victims and the victims’ families.Rather than placing discipline and punishment at the heart of her regime, she tries to instil in the women a sense of purpose and self-esteem. She permits the women all kinds of freedom: therapy dogs, make-up and – if they behave – the chance to move freely around the prison.