Female incarceration reveals a cruel and broken justice system
The show reveals the isolation and hardships these girls experience, both inside and outside of the prison. Inside, with daily routines under constant supervision and the only entertainment stemming from interpersonal drama — fueled by short fuses and too much down time – one of the girls likens it to “high school times 1,000.”
During the show, the girls also share their heart-breaking stories of what they experienced on the outside. Their stories eerily echo each other in terms of references to abuse, neglect, exposure to violence and attempts at self-harm. Girls Incarcerated brings us face to face with the harshest reality of the United States juvenile justice system — that these troubled teens are the girls we incarcerate.
[…Read the rest of the op-ed over at The Hill.]
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