Lifers Behind Bars

Intimate footage follows newly convicted killers from sentencing at court to prison induction as they face years behind bars This episode reveals the daytoday reality for some of the five hundred men living there Combined they are serving well over four thousand years in custody While some are prepared to admit their guilt ndash others refuse and maintain their claims of innocence

This episode explores how prisoners live together and how the jail manages and contains so many violent men Part of the rehabilitation program is the difficult job of trying to prepare these men for life back in the community after their release but often that is not as successful as they would like We follow 41yearold James as he is released after spending more than half his life inside for