Women's Prisons: The Real Faces of These Women

Women who have dabbled in methamphetamines, women who have wronged others for a reason.... The number of women who have committed crimes and are in prison has doubled in the past 20 years. How do these women spend their days and what do they think about? This program closely observes Wakayama Women's Prison, one of the largest prisons in Japan with 485 inmates. They work in a factory called “work,” and have leisure time to watch TV. What do the women say at the “parole ceremony” for model prisoners? Three days in a women's prison separated by high walls.