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Features four high-security prisoners in three British prisons following educational courses. Explores their attitudes and ambitions, both long- and short-term, and by following one inmate both before and...
In an effort to come to terms with their loss and grief following their daughter’s murder, Don and Mary Streufert and their other daughter Emily arrange to meet the men who committed the crime, now in...
Describes a project at Blundeston Prison, Lowestoft, Suffolk, whereby inmates are taught to dance in order to work with children from a special school. Two groups of children visit the prison each week - one...
Looks at the work of a senior prison psychologist in his role as trainer of the prison officers and counsellor to prisoners.
A political biography of Nelson Mandela and his unique role in the liberation struggle in South Africa, as an individual and as an executive member of the African National Congress. Even in 1985, after 23...
In PRISONER OR PATIENT Horizon investigates how society deals with mentally ill offenders. Are special hospitals really a soft option? How do we choose to deal with psychopaths and how do we treat inadequate...
Examines the situation of a young wife whose husband is sent to prison and the treatment she receives from society.
Before the Human Rights Commission in Strasbourg, Britain faces charges made by the Irish Republic concerning methods used to extract information from IRA suspects. How much pressure can justifiably be...
Over the years, Colditz the prison camp, designed by the Nazis to hold high-risk and politically important prisoners, has become a symbol of adventure, heroism, remarkable ingenuity, and determination. The...
Feature film derived from John Herbert’s stage play of the same name. Smitty, a young and naive young man, is sent to a reformatory prison for six months. He is assigned a cell with Queenie, a drag queen,...
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