CBC
Life Jolt
Categories
Society & Culture
Number of episodes
11
Published on
2021-09-13 14:20:00
Language
English
Categories
Society & Culture
Number of episodes
11
Published on
2021-09-13 14:20:00
Language
English
Life Jolt — prison slang for a life sentence — examines the lives of women navigating Canada’s correctional system. Our team gained unprecedented access to the Grand Valley Institution prison — the federal pen for women in Ontario — for a full year. We followed women going into prison for the first time, spoke with lifers who have been there for years, and parolees as they left. Hosted by Rosemary Green, a former inmate herself, Life Jolt focuses on individual women’s stories and the realities of prison life, and explores a wide range of issues including parenting behind bars, segregation, the over-representation of Indigenous women, addiction, trauma and the many obstacles of reintegration.
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