Airdate: Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail
BBC Knowledge has an Australian premiere of a new documentary from Louis Theroux.
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On Sunday night BBC Knowledge has the Australian premiere of a two part documentary from Louis Theroux.
Theroux spends some time locked up in one of the most notorious sections of Miami County Jail: the fifth and sixth floor of ‘Main Jail’, where many of the most volatile inmates are incarcerated.
Part Two will air a week later.
Holding 6,000 prisoners and processing more than 100,000 people a year, Miami’s mega jail is a transitory place for those not yet sentenced and those awaiting trial and charges; a twilight between court and prison.
Mega jails are a new phenomenon in America as the country struggles to process its growing criminal class. Conditions are tough, dark and uncompromising. There are 25 prisoners to each cage. Some are just drunk and disorderly, others are fresh from a murder. Depending on the nature of their crime, some are in and out in hours and others might be there for years.
From the men on death row awaiting their appeals to those waiting for their first sight of a court room, Louis meets a collection of people thrown together – some innocent, some guilty and none proven yet, either way.
Sunday at 8.30pm
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Thanks for that David – and thanks for the link to the interview – you did a fab job. I think he is just as interesting as the people interviews.
Wasn’t this on this Wednesday on ABC2? Or has Louis done two separate documentaries on ‘being locked up”? I recorded the Wednesday’s offering and have yet to watch so maybe I’m confused. I must say – I agree with Phoenix727 – you’ve gotta give it to Louis. I actually think his facial expressions to whatever it is he is observing are enough to encourage viewing of his shows alone – they can be rather telling and very entertaining!
Different docos. I was lucky enough to interview Louis here.
Hands down that man has balls.