Crime and Punishment

Six part documentary based on two British prisons, documenting the lives or Both prisoners and prison staff.
Landmark documentary series about the UK criminal justice system. Capturing the work of police, probation, prison, prosecution and parole. All coping with difficult cases and managing risk to the public and themselves, with limited resources. The dilemmas are real, as is the pressure. Unique in scale with multi-agency access, the series offers important evidence about the state of the justice system at a crucial time - with the UK government proposing major changes. The series shares these difficulties and challenges us to decide how we would manage the risks faced daily by the justice professionals.