Last Days of Solitary

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Pbs, Tv & Film, Wgbh, Documentaries, Frontline

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2017

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Inside one state’s ambitious attempt to decrease its use of solitary — and what happens when prisoners who have spent considerable time in isolation try to integrate back into society.

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0:00.0	This is an audio cast of the Frontline program last days of solitary,
0:04.4	premiering April 18th on PBS and Frontline.org.
0:24.4	Tonight, an extraordinary look at solitary confinement.
0:30.0	Try to be normal again.
0:32.0	Filmed over three years.
0:38.8	A story of an institution trying to change.
0:50.0	To mitigate risk in the treatment and programming individuals can't be locked down.
0:54.0	They've got to be interacting.
0:56.0	And the men trying to move beyond it.
0:59.0	I went from the most restrictive place I've ever been to.
1:03.0	No restrictions at all.
1:05.0	I ran away. I didn't want to deal with anything.
1:09.0	I just wanted to be me myself and get my head right.
1:15.0	Tonight on Frontline, last days of solitary.
1:25.0	Frontline is made possible by contributions to your PBS station
1:28.0	from viewers like you.
1:30.0	Thank you. And by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1:32.0	Major support for Frontline is provided by the John D.
1:36.0	and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,
1:38.0	committed to building a more just, vertent, and peaceful world.
1:42.0	More information is available at Macfound.org.
1:44.0	Additional support is provided by the Ford Foundation,
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