Accession Number

B602

Series Title

HOMEGROUND

Programme Title

PRISONS AND PUNISHMENT

Producer

John McManus

Other Credits

Editor: Ken Langston Jones

Transmission Date

01/01/80

colour , sound (sep), 04 mins 23 secs

Synopsis

B602/1: Opens with Homeground series titles. Short extract featuring Brian Redhead describing Kirkham Open Prison's low security status and its overcrowding problem. Prisoners are shown working within the prison on tractors, growing vegetables in greenhouses and walking in an excercise yard. There are also interior shots of the prison and shots of inmates in their cells. 04m23s