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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • May 14, 2008
    • BBC One

    First of a four part series going behind the scenes at Northern Ireland's three prisons. Inmates, ranging from petty thieves to killers, tell how they turned to crime and, for the first time, cameras go inside the much-criticized women’s prison at Hydebank on the outskirts of Belfast.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • May 21, 2008
    • BBC One

    Part 2 of 4. The series behind the scenes at Northern Ireland's three prisons continues with a focus on the psychological problems underlying the crimes of some of our prisoners; how have they fared under our prison regime?

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • May 28, 2008
    • BBC One

    Part 3 0f 4. The four-part series going behind the scenes of Northern Ireland's main prisons explores why two in every three prisoners re-offend in the first year after their release. Also, one woman inmate learns whether her baby is to be taken off her forever.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • June 4, 2008
    • BBC One

    Part 4 of 4. The series behind the scenes at Northern Ireland's three adult prisons concludes with one prisoner preparing to meet the widow of the man he killed; and the growing drugs problem behind bars leads to tragedy.