Hard time. Teens in maximum security prisons
Description
Every Wednesday another busload of new inmates arrives at the Western Youth Institution in Morganton, North Carolina, a maximum security prison for juvenile offenders. What trade-offs do the convicts have to make, just to stay alive in this hostile environment? And what will they be like if they eventually make it back into society? In this program, ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer reports on prison life through the experiences of four new teenage inmates-one only 13 years old. A follow-up two years later reveals the impact of their incarceration on their minds and bodies, best summed up by the words of one of the four: "This is not the place to be.
Runtime
24 min
Subjects
- Corrections (189)
- Juvenile delinquents (44)
- Juvenile justice, Administration of (192)
- Criminal justice, Administration of (164)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c1999
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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