Women in Prison

Duration: 51

Year Published: 1974

Creator: American Broadcasting Company

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Documents the treatment given to most women sent to prison, exploring the abnormal structure and regimentation, the dehumanization, and the frustration and subsurface violence of prison life. Offers a summary of views regarding the penal system and makes final recommendations about alternatives. Shows a project in Des Moines, Iowa, as an example of how alternatives to sending women to prison can be successful.

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