Women in Prison, America's Forgotten Ones
Produced by
Leading French distributor
Production year2022
Programme formatOne-off
GenresDocumentary
Runtime
52 min
Synopsis
In the early 1980s, there were fewer than 25,000 women behind bars in the United States. Forty years later, there are more than 230,000. The number of women in prison has literally skyrocketed, rising twice as fast as the number of men in prison. What factors are driving so many women into prison? How can such a sharp increase be explained? And what are the social consequences of this phenomenon?
Using Oklahoma—the state of all records—as an example, this report unpacks the realities behind these figures while exploring initiatives aimed at addressing this unprecedented crisis.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Leading French distributor : ARTE France
- Executive Producer : Studiofact Media Group
- Film exports/foreign sales : StudioFact Rights
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Technical details
- Programme format : One-off
- Type : TV programme
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Report
- Production language : English, French
- Production country : France
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 52 min
