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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Crime and Punishment review – a damning look at our desperate prison system

Two years in the making, this heavyweight new series starts by meeting prisoners with deeply controversial indeterminate sentences – and the damage done is crystal clear When Pandora gave in to temptation and opened the boxful of ills that humanity had until then been spared, she managed to keep just one from escaping. Out flew disease and death and destruction, but hope was saved because, the ancient Greeks knew, it was the one thing without which mortals cannot survive. It is this eternal truth that lies at the heart of Channel 4’s heavyweight documentary series Crime and Punishment, which was filmed over two years and sets out to explore every aspect of the criminal justice system. Continue reading...


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