"Women in prison" Man Alive Series (1972 Documentary)

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Jenny Barraclough

Jenny Barraclough

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''Women In Prison'' is the first documentary film about women in prison in the United Kingdom, which won a BAFTA Award for best documentary. Produced by Jenny Barraclough in 1972.
For more information about Jenny Barraclough and her work in documentary television, please visit:
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@juliemitchell3013
@juliemitchell3013 6 ай бұрын
New sub. Thank you so much for this. I’m 71 and today’s tv is just utter rubbish. I love these older documentaries
@murdered33
@murdered33 2 ай бұрын
More of these documentaries please
@helenmcdonnell2585
@helenmcdonnell2585 5 күн бұрын
Absolutely concur, so good to actually watch something worthwhile. I'm 62, my head space not in this era. Thanks so much
@46metube
@46metube 5 жыл бұрын
when television had meaning.
@Jess-k6q
@Jess-k6q 7 ай бұрын
I loved ‘Man Alive’ and ‘World in Action’ fabulous documentary programmes
@cjhards
@cjhards 6 ай бұрын
Agreed. Genuine productions from the 70’s were eye opening to say the least.
@Wulfyr
@Wulfyr Ай бұрын
It's almost unthinkable that we'd get this level of honesty in today's broadcasting. I really think that during the Cold War we had a vision of what we didn't want to be as far as free speech and the expression of ideas are concerned. Since the 90s we've slowly started morphing into what we were against as a supposedly "free" society.
@iant9461
@iant9461 3 ай бұрын
When people were more intelligent no matter who they were than they are no today. They spoke better and they thought better!
@user-kl4bh4lq6r
@user-kl4bh4lq6r 2 ай бұрын
So true seems to be case In a lot of these old documentaries
@simonclord7697
@simonclord7697 Жыл бұрын
What great time capsules these videos are. I was born in 1970. I wish BFI or Network would release all of Man Alive, Arena etc
@nicktatters7523
@nicktatters7523 6 ай бұрын
Arena was brilliant, wasn't it👍
@garyhunt8067
@garyhunt8067 Ай бұрын
Me too
@Gogetemscoobie
@Gogetemscoobie 2 ай бұрын
I was remanded to holloway for 3 weeks back in the 90 's it was enough to scare me into changing my life around from the day i was released and never looked back
@IngenerateIngenue
@IngenerateIngenue 6 ай бұрын
1972: 40k male prisoners and 1k female. 2023: 83,128 men and 3,259 women in prisons in England and Wales
@stephenspence1192
@stephenspence1192 6 ай бұрын
The statistics are criminal!
@garywheeley5108
@garywheeley5108 5 ай бұрын
Immigration and drugs that's the difference 🤔
@damiencrowley2506
@damiencrowley2506 2 ай бұрын
​@@garywheeley5108 you hit the nail in the head but I'm surprised the figures aren't higher.
@user-pe2pt2bs7x
@user-pe2pt2bs7x 2 ай бұрын
You don’t get banged up for the majority of crimes these women committed ! Otherwise it would be significantly higher now imo
@RudeSkaBoy007
@RudeSkaBoy007 2 ай бұрын
Population has doubled in the UK since 1972 so pro rata for men it remains the same . I am sure there are more people in prison for trivial offences back in 1972 mind ! Mind ...go back another 100 years to 1872 and you would be in prison for 3 days hard labour just because you were loitering in the street .
@michaelmajor4450
@michaelmajor4450 3 ай бұрын
in today's world most of these ladies would never have been sent to prison just a suspended sentence
@melaniewalker5226
@melaniewalker5226 2 ай бұрын
I'm 67 and a remember watching them. It's quite good to go back down memory lane.
@louloulalee
@louloulalee 4 ай бұрын
Watching in 2024....wow how times have changed! Thanks Jenny for posting 😊
@JB-pk4ck
@JB-pk4ck 4 жыл бұрын
This must have been filmed before february 1971 as they are talking about old currency.
@wearecity
@wearecity 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for uploading this. I'm 53, so a little bit too young to remember it, but it certainly was very interesting.
@Ickie71
@Ickie71 Ай бұрын
same here but these woman in this episode are the same age as my mother which made me think and laugh!
@misspurrr-fect3684
@misspurrr-fect3684 Жыл бұрын
6:48 What a lovely well spoken soul Sandra is. Probably the victim of circumstances with being separated & having a young baby . She should have been given help not prison. I do hope her life turned out for the better .
@gurney2931
@gurney2931 3 ай бұрын
I couldn't agree more, is prison the best thing for any of these women ? I very much doubt it. I'm sure some some women with problems would rather be in prison but that says more about the person and their problems than the positives of the prison system.
@SpeedbirdAircrew
@SpeedbirdAircrew 3 жыл бұрын
My goodness we don’t have polite detainees like that today !
@simonsimon325
@simonsimon325 9 ай бұрын
It's the edit. How many women were in this film out of the hundreds of inmates, half a dozen at most? It might just be that these days they believe the disruptive ones make a more sensational story, than the articulate likeable few. Where were the unstable women in this doc? Were they not there because they didn't exist, or because the film-makers chose not to include them?
@chickenbento
@chickenbento 8 ай бұрын
@32:32 Old Holborn dog-end-dog-end rollies. Now that, is doing some hardcore chokey! This was an excellent watch, and I would like thank yo for taking the time to upload it.
@cjhards
@cjhards 6 ай бұрын
Yeah and the screw gaslighting the ladies just after?! Horrible harpies imo 🫡
@philrobinson5667
@philrobinson5667 2 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with Old Holborn gaspers…with the price of fags, I still smoke em.
@Highland_Moo
@Highland_Moo Жыл бұрын
Locking up a young lassie with a 3 month old baby just for soliciting…..that’s so sad.
@user-gf1xg5zd9l
@user-gf1xg5zd9l 3 ай бұрын
I agree and could really harm the relationship she has with her baby if she misses out on those early months. Also its moral judgment rather than a crime. Hope her life and that of her baby turned out well.
@billyshane3804
@billyshane3804 2 ай бұрын
It is the only way.
@NA-pr7sf
@NA-pr7sf 6 ай бұрын
then, young and still an old woman in her manners.. says something about our perception and how the generations work.. fascinating at the least
@StuartWhelan-up8vs
@StuartWhelan-up8vs Ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant born in 75 hows things have changed watching this in Carlisle Cumbria ❤❤❤❤
@elsiebroadhurst3923
@elsiebroadhurst3923 2 жыл бұрын
When i look back on this and think about the lady that was in there for not having a TV licence she had five children and could not read or write .How times have changed .
@NinnersNanners
@NinnersNanners Жыл бұрын
Hiya Elise, I saw you commented on other comments that you were in the documentary- I didn’t hear you in the documentary or them say why you were inside. Can I be nosy and ask what you were in for please? I hope you’re doing well c
@elsiebroadhurst3923
@elsiebroadhurst3923 Жыл бұрын
@@NinnersNanners It was for shplifting.
@marine4lyfe85
@marine4lyfe85 Жыл бұрын
Hello Elsie, what was a TV license? I'm from the States, and in the 70's our television was free. Are you saying you had to pay to watch the regular channels back then?
@NinnersNanners
@NinnersNanners Жыл бұрын
@@marine4lyfe85 yup- still have to pay for Tv if it’s cable/satellite now regardless
@misspurrr-fect3684
@misspurrr-fect3684 Жыл бұрын
Is that you (Elsie) @ 13:09 ?
@Riogi
@Riogi 5 жыл бұрын
This was a wonderful documentary. Thank you for posting.
@jennybarraclough8112
@jennybarraclough8112 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a nice comment. Jenny
@nogingerfool1
@nogingerfool1 4 жыл бұрын
utterly compelling actually brilliant , these women are are either gone or in their 70,s unbelievable to be truthful , thanks for this , jenny barraclough
@catherinecurran7898
@catherinecurran7898 4 жыл бұрын
@@jennybarraclough8112 fantastic documentary. I have been watching lots of your work on KZbin and loving it. I would love to know what happened to these women after they left prison.
@elsiebroadhurst3923
@elsiebroadhurst3923 2 жыл бұрын
@@nogingerfool1 I am still alive.76
@nogingerfool1
@nogingerfool1 2 жыл бұрын
@@elsiebroadhurst3923 good to hear , hope it all went well for you and the others in the long run x
@areyouserious3092
@areyouserious3092 3 жыл бұрын
It's postings like this that make KZbin a fantastic place for entertainment. I just don't have the time to watch them all lol.
@maymalone1505
@maymalone1505 2 ай бұрын
Why don't just listen, while ur doing what ever😊
@terrystephens8603
@terrystephens8603 6 ай бұрын
Holloway was the biggest eye opener i had when being in prison service. I was told 2002 you will never experience anything like this and how true they were.
@MrDastardly
@MrDastardly 3 ай бұрын
I have watched this documentary many times, each time, seeing & hearing something different. It’s a delightful film.
@MrDastardly
@MrDastardly 2 ай бұрын
@@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse It’s a fascinating documentary.
@MrDastardly
@MrDastardly 2 ай бұрын
@@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse Fascination is in the eye of the beholder!!
@andrewcroft6855
@andrewcroft6855 6 ай бұрын
A wonderful time capsule, back in the days when Women were proper ladies and could speak properly with no slang or without swearing.Not a tattoo or piercing in sight. As someone over 60 i find myself constantly looking back to the 70's as times were hard but a lot better than the entitled generation now
@MsColl90
@MsColl90 5 ай бұрын
If your in your 60s, you’re a boomer. Boomers were the most entitled generation in history. They took from their parents and they take from their children. The first generation whose children are worse off than them elves. Don’t talk about entitlement.
@yuelingchu4361
@yuelingchu4361 Ай бұрын
True. Some of the women inside now are quite terrifying compared to these.
@jacqueline8559
@jacqueline8559 18 күн бұрын
​@@yuelingchu4361Some women look, and act, worse than any man these days. Teenage girls, in gangs, are worse than lads. It's frightening
@thornwarbler
@thornwarbler 6 ай бұрын
What a wonderful snapshot in time. .......Cheers.
@andydixon2980
@andydixon2980 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting documentary and slice of history. All the women were great characters.
@paulwebb6087
@paulwebb6087 Жыл бұрын
Criminals every one and some very nasty offences
@jaijai5250
@jaijai5250 5 ай бұрын
@@paulwebb6087some of the crimes were extremely petty, but people always look at the past with rose tinted spectacles.
@robertwatts1664
@robertwatts1664 7 ай бұрын
I love the honesty of that woman, who said that she turned to crime because she was too lazy to get a job
@DenkyManner
@DenkyManner 6 ай бұрын
Is that honesty though?
@MattPearman-qr4sq
@MattPearman-qr4sq 5 ай бұрын
@@DenkyManner yes no excuses or race card pulling like you'd get now
@jaijai5250
@jaijai5250 5 ай бұрын
@@MattPearman-qr4sqI’m assuming you’re white, or you’d know there is no “race card”. There’s simply structural and systemic racism, but you wouldn’t experience that would you?
@mickeyshooter5298
@mickeyshooter5298 4 ай бұрын
@@jaijai5250there is absolutely a race card. You just admitted it
@Ickie71
@Ickie71 Ай бұрын
@@mickeyshooter5298 well said he @jaijai5250 walked right into this one 😂
@jennybarraclough8112
@jennybarraclough8112 3 жыл бұрын
I am so pleased you enjoyed it Jenny
@elsiebroadhurst3923
@elsiebroadhurst3923 2 жыл бұрын
I remember a lady called Judy Pape have i got her name right please .She sent me flowers and a bottle of wine. She worked for the BBC. Jenny Baraclough.
@cjhards
@cjhards 6 ай бұрын
Nice work Jenny. Absolutely disgraceful locking up grandmas etc. These ladies were angels imo. God bless every single one of them 🤜🤛
@LighthouseLover1989
@LighthouseLover1989 Жыл бұрын
It's crazy to think that my mother (born in 1971) was only 1-year-old (probably not even) when this docu- mentary was made. She had me at 17, and I just turned 34 in June. 🥺💔💘
@philrobinson5667
@philrobinson5667 2 ай бұрын
@DonnellOkafor-pd7yn…I’m guessing you’re religious right? 🙄
@LighthouseLover1989
@LighthouseLover1989 2 ай бұрын
​​​@DonnellOkafor-pd7yn I realize that, but she had an extremely awful and dysfunctional childhood. 🤦🤷
@lymarie1974
@lymarie1974 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the upload
@pauloliver6813
@pauloliver6813 3 жыл бұрын
I'm thoroughly enjoying these windows on the past that you made in the early 70's, Jenny. It seems to me that they have become priceless artefacts. Interestingly, the stated ratio of 40 male prisoners to 1female has altered little, according to my quick data search; but the numbers have doubled...77 thousand males to 3.4 thousand females in 2020. (x3.5 increase for female prisoners).
@terri6854
@terri6854 5 ай бұрын
Population increase.
@misspurrr-fect3684
@misspurrr-fect3684 4 ай бұрын
Not forgetting mentally ill Men in todays Womens prisons .
@annadallaway4524
@annadallaway4524 6 ай бұрын
This was so interesting. Thank you for uploading xx
@viviennepopek
@viviennepopek Жыл бұрын
Nice bunch of ladies! I hope they were ok with their lives after being in prison 💖
@paulwebb6087
@paulwebb6087 Жыл бұрын
Save sympathy for their victims
@alexandrahall1886
@alexandrahall1886 2 жыл бұрын
20 yrs before I was housed in holloway I was in and out for 2 yrs this was alot different to when I was there
@user-wf8iq1cr1h
@user-wf8iq1cr1h 6 ай бұрын
I wish they had interviewed the old dear she looked a bit like Lizzie Birdsworth from the Wentworth Detention Centre. Makes you wonder whether Reg Grundy had seen this documentary. One of the others looked a bit like Franky Doyle....
@louloulalee
@louloulalee 4 ай бұрын
Yeah my first thought was Prisoner!!
@stevenmcghee6649
@stevenmcghee6649 6 ай бұрын
29:10 the old Golden Wonder crisp bag design! God, that takes me back.
@lifesforliving4929
@lifesforliving4929 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Jenny. Loved this film, like going back in time. I was a teenager in the 70's, it was a great decade. Life back then might look grim but to us living it, it was all we knew, , it was normal. I am shocked and saddened to learn that Jean St Clair, the actress who burnt down her husband's gallery, died shortly after gaining her freedom. She gave brilliant performances during her interviews. Also loved Carole's honesty. All the women were brilliant, I bet they enjoyed seeing themselves on telly. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@paulwebb6087
@paulwebb6087 Жыл бұрын
You feel sorry for an arsonist, are you for real
@lifesforliving4929
@lifesforliving4929 Жыл бұрын
@@paulwebb6087 I am sorry she died so young. She served her time in prison for her crime.
@simonsimon325
@simonsimon325 9 ай бұрын
@@paulwebb6087 The interviewer was just as bad suggesting it was a waste of tax payer's money that she was in prison. Like these other lower class women who prostituted themselves or shoplifted should be in here, but not a nice upper class lady like you... you should be able to burn down as many buildings as you like. God, what a life with all these lapdogs licking your face.
@Allegra11
@Allegra11 2 ай бұрын
@@paulwebb6087 You've got a real chip on your shoulder regarding these women ~ yes they commmitted crimes but quite frankly most of them shouldn't have been in prison. People like Hindley are the ones who should be locked up.
@RolandoRatas
@RolandoRatas 15 күн бұрын
Jean Margaret Alice St Clair (23 September 1920 - 29 June 1973) was an English actress. She made several film appearances, including The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery in 1966. She was on TV also, Dad's Army and The Saint.
@slydoll7877
@slydoll7877 Жыл бұрын
How sedate and polite they all were! And wearing their own clothes!
@niamhosullivan1291
@niamhosullivan1291 6 ай бұрын
So articulate, well spoke and polite! Society has turned to trash now because of liberalism and open b0rders. I hate the political classes who unleashed these policies on us.
@yuelingchu4361
@yuelingchu4361 Ай бұрын
It does feel like that. I have no doubt the 70s had its profound problems, and was hard and quite poor, but it feels like utter chaos now.
@yuelingchu4361
@yuelingchu4361 Ай бұрын
And to think these women would have been considered scum at the time and here's us admiring their manners and conduct. Sad indictment on today.
@user-jw5sr9zb1p
@user-jw5sr9zb1p 6 ай бұрын
Brilliant documentary often wondered what it looked like in the old holloway prison
@rubydawn1
@rubydawn1 10 ай бұрын
so interesting Carol talks in the Myra Hindley prison documentary. It seems to be such a nice prison compared to what we have today.
@GreatAuntRaye
@GreatAuntRaye 5 ай бұрын
Carol seemed like a really good friend to Myra, and Myra really took advantage of that. Very interesting to see more of Carol. I wonder if the prison guard, Pat, was in the picture yet.
@jennybarraclough8112
@jennybarraclough8112 4 жыл бұрын
I'm so pleased to hear that - hope they include some of mine! Jenny
@kebabtank
@kebabtank 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this Jenny. I do recall a series called 'Lifer' in the early eighties that followed several people serving life sentences. The follow up in 2003 was very shocking, as some of them were still inside.
@Trek001
@Trek001 4 жыл бұрын
I don't recall it being a series but one long documentary... The followup to it was very interesting indeed although one had managed to escape if i recall
@jennybarraclough8112
@jennybarraclough8112 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your interest. We should have a greater understanding of why people end up in prison, so often its help they need not punishment.
@catherinecurran7898
@catherinecurran7898 4 жыл бұрын
I will check that one out. Thanks
@paulwebb6087
@paulwebb6087 Жыл бұрын
The clue is in the sentence life should mean life
@kdlofty
@kdlofty Жыл бұрын
Well they would be wouldn't they! Lol.
@Pitmirk_
@Pitmirk_ 5 ай бұрын
When did people lose the ability to speak reflectively and interactively...
@mickyb8419
@mickyb8419 6 ай бұрын
I wonder if any of these ladies now their late 70’s + have watched themselves on this. I hope their lives improved.
@kevphillips02
@kevphillips02 5 ай бұрын
There is one in the comments section called Elsie .
@simonsimon325
@simonsimon325 9 ай бұрын
1:54 can't wait to find out what Lady Muck did. Beat up one of her butlers? Oh, not far off... set fire to her husband's art gallery. If any of those other women had have been in there for setting fire to a public building, no way would he have suggested it was a waste of tax payer's money to send them to prison, no matter how articulate they were. Must be great having people so eager to please like they were your pet dog.
@19george73
@19george73 Ай бұрын
the lady on the 30 minute mark is so strong, her ability to adapt, her structure, her amazing outlook and positivity has really touched me
@jennybarraclough8112
@jennybarraclough8112 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jenny
@Vinesy68
@Vinesy68 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I loved Muriel was she from Leicester? Connie, work with women like that today. The Welsh woman was ace! Thank you for sharing I work with women released from Prison today. Great documentary.
@felicitydavey2371
@felicitydavey2371 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting Jenny 🥰
@Kenistyless
@Kenistyless 7 ай бұрын
The girls who went there used to call it the Holloway inn...lol
@ricardolorrio8228
@ricardolorrio8228 2 ай бұрын
I donno why, but as a kid, the theme tune to this made me sad ... watching this, I now know why...
@honved1
@honved1 Ай бұрын
The tune is in a minor key, these usually have a “sad” sound
@Sameoldfitup
@Sameoldfitup 2 жыл бұрын
Life is all memory
@mgdwcb1
@mgdwcb1 6 ай бұрын
That woman splitting the matches - ingenious.
@radicalcartoons2766
@radicalcartoons2766 Жыл бұрын
At 1:00:23 in September 1972, Governor Dorothy Wing took Myra Hindley for a walk outside the prison, which caused a storm of controversy. I wonder how long before that incident this was filmed?
@mrnobodyz
@mrnobodyz Ай бұрын
As somebody pointed out there may be references to pre decimalisation currency, so filmed before Feb 71. She also had a relationship with a female guard. I vaguely remember seeing her a couple of times while visiting prison (in my early teens) it must have been at Holloway, although I incorrectly thoughgt it was at Drake Hall or Cookham Wood.
@craiggilchrist4223
@craiggilchrist4223 6 ай бұрын
They all look like such normal everyday people.
@maymalone1505
@maymalone1505 2 ай бұрын
They are normal every day people, the people who should be in prison very rarely are.
@NoirL.A.
@NoirL.A. 3 жыл бұрын
incredibly interesting. there's tons of docs on female prisoners now but back then there were practically none. very very interesting. i'm actually american but alot of people tend to want to idealize the past but i remember the 70's were extremely dark. and i was only a kid at the time and even i remember it vividly. i imagine it was much the same in other countries. and, of course, this being from the u.k. there's no shortage of mullets.
@DDandrums
@DDandrums Жыл бұрын
Pardon me but isn’t the US the home of the mullet? No misrepresentation here please.
@BadgerBotherer1
@BadgerBotherer1 10 ай бұрын
@@DDandrums Mullets are back in now
@baronmeduse
@baronmeduse 9 ай бұрын
@@DDandrums Without doubt.
@Jay-tg2ce
@Jay-tg2ce 2 ай бұрын
Great times!! Not in prison , just a better community spirit and era. Sadly gone..
@tay7366
@tay7366 Ай бұрын
Having to go out on the game when you just had a baby, shows how hard life was for her. I hope she and her baby had happier days.
@chicagogyrl4846
@chicagogyrl4846 Күн бұрын
She was only in for 3 months, and with support from her husband, the foster mother, and benefits, I’m sure they were fine.
@Dinapus_Olsen
@Dinapus_Olsen 4 жыл бұрын
I love it!!!!! Thank you so so much😃 Keep yourself safe and with good health🙂 Greetings from Lillesand🇧🇻
@jennybarraclough8112
@jennybarraclough8112 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Craigdhouston
@Craigdhouston Жыл бұрын
Myra Hindley was in Holloway at the time. Did you have any interaction with her during filming, or was she strictly off limits? I can imagine it would be an instant no-no having her on film. Apparently the cell she was in appears!
@Paul-11
@Paul-11 5 ай бұрын
I’ve just read that too, the film crew walked past her cell. So I thought Id look at this.
@yuelingchu4361
@yuelingchu4361 Ай бұрын
My old boss had a story about her. She was in Probation at the time. It was standard to go to Hindley's cell and jeer and swear at her, even for enforcement, because she was so despised. She went and looked into her cell. Hindley just sat with her back to her, and didn't move or react to anything she said. Only then she noticed Hindley was staring right at her in a small mirror. Shudder! All true.
@robsawalker
@robsawalker 2 ай бұрын
Such a great program. Why don't we see such things now?
@Allegra11
@Allegra11 2 ай бұрын
People are so brash and self centred now. There's no humility or genuine self reflection to be found. Humanity has de evolved. Soon we'll be nothing but primordial ooze. I blame it on drugs and social media not necessarily in that order.
@edwardodonnell6857
@edwardodonnell6857 2 ай бұрын
Facinating I was 7 years of age when this was filmed I’m now 60.The same problems are faced by each new generation in the journey of life we think at the time we are unique we are not.
@montyf2165
@montyf2165 2 ай бұрын
They seem so much more better spoken and display a deference sadly lacking in todays folk. Why? Better discipline in schools? Recognising authority? We have regressed as a civil society.
@cryingonion2
@cryingonion2 3 жыл бұрын
this is brilliant
@philiphaigh8349
@philiphaigh8349 3 жыл бұрын
First class thanks 🥃 x
@daiclat.2053
@daiclat.2053 6 ай бұрын
these women doing prison time in the 70s is not a fraction what a lot of police officers have done who are still police officers in 2024. only in the uk cant make it up.
@garyhunt8067
@garyhunt8067 Ай бұрын
Man Alive really did put some good fly on the wall documentaries.
@JackRascal
@JackRascal 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing - was there a second part at all?
@ALICE-m8f
@ALICE-m8f 2 ай бұрын
So touching most of them girls and old women had such sweet innocent looking faces and if you them on your first day in there you wouldn't have felt scared as they seemed so gentle,not like today's with all the aggression and anger you see in modern documentaries about female prison imates you wouldn't care look them in the eye.
@DdotRay86
@DdotRay86 2 жыл бұрын
Only 40k men were in prison at the time? That's ridiculously low
@tonykennedy8592
@tonykennedy8592 9 ай бұрын
Crime rates were lower. They didn't have the "war on drugs" either. Or mass influx of immigrants
@HdHd-hp6qz
@HdHd-hp6qz 2 ай бұрын
That’s because everyone had well paid jobs in those days which were jobs for life. To pay off a mortgage and feed a family.
@DdotRay86
@DdotRay86 Ай бұрын
@@HdHd-hp6qz facts.
@yuelingchu4361
@yuelingchu4361 Ай бұрын
Well the population was 56 million, so the percentage was 0.07. Now, at 67 million, it's 0.1 (if we say 80,000 and don't include women). So there is an increase of 0.03%.
@silkyglimpses7686
@silkyglimpses7686 6 ай бұрын
Totally wonderful to watch
@patrickdunning9820
@patrickdunning9820 6 ай бұрын
Life was different in the early seventies, not worse, but different....
@louloulalee
@louloulalee 4 ай бұрын
Jean looks like the actress Emma Thompson 😊
@robertsmith5970
@robertsmith5970 Ай бұрын
I thought the same !
@weerobot
@weerobot 11 ай бұрын
That Food Shot...That match trick...cool...
@gerrynicol3951
@gerrynicol3951 6 ай бұрын
Llove this theme tune wow the 70s
@Bongo-sm3mf
@Bongo-sm3mf Ай бұрын
I felt sorry for some of the women in the video for finding themselves in prison I used to drive past Holloway prison every morning on my way to work sad that people end up in prison especially some of those in the video excellent documentary thankyou
@radicalcartoons2766
@radicalcartoons2766 Жыл бұрын
At 50:18 she was lucky not to get life, which is often given for arson. You can't help wondering if her background hsd something to do with it.
@jeremyallfrey8547
@jeremyallfrey8547 Ай бұрын
I just happened to see this documentary.How different it was then The women sentenced to prison are not REAL.crininals.Such gentle people who need help in their life not being sent to prison.So different then even the staff are so much kinder respectful and treat the prisoners with compassion and respect.Best wishes Jeremy Allfrey.
@chicagogyrl4846
@chicagogyrl4846 Күн бұрын
So what’s a “Real” criminal??! A person who commits criminal acts is just that- a criminal. I would say these are minimum security criminals. They obviously did something that is criminal in order to be sent to prison! But, I don’t understand that they have women who work, but others don’t. I don’t agree that these women who don’t should be locked in their room 18 hours a day. This is in 1972, of course. Hopefully, things have changed since then!
@alexandrahall1886
@alexandrahall1886 2 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for the 1992 holloway documentary but can't find it
@michaellyons9678
@michaellyons9678 3 ай бұрын
Dont know about 1972 there talking in old money that was pre feb 1971
@lukebrel7969
@lukebrel7969 Ай бұрын
A lot of films and documentaries are filmed the year before release or broadcast.
@philglew-deval
@philglew-deval Жыл бұрын
Where is part 2 of this?
@Deano_Longley
@Deano_Longley 2 ай бұрын
These woman arent hooked on drugs & visually look a mess,they seem somewhat more educated & rationale,its such a great watch from a time now gone
@nguyendailam6703
@nguyendailam6703 2 жыл бұрын
Are you sure this is 1972? The Times archive tv page is showing this as being shown on BBC2 at 20:10 on Wednesday 3rd March 1971. Also they are talking about the cost of items in pre-decimal prices and in the background on the radio Home Loving Man by Andy Williams is playing which was a hit in late 1970.
@Highland_Moo
@Highland_Moo Жыл бұрын
Does it really matter??
@Emma-fp2my
@Emma-fp2my Жыл бұрын
@@Highland_Moo Yes, if you value accuracy. If you want to walk around with your head up your arse then fine go ahead, some of us are better than that.
@Ballykeith
@Ballykeith Жыл бұрын
Yes, IMdB lists this as 3 March 1971. The following week, Women in Prison: 2 The Way Ahead? was broadcast.
@leonk3011
@leonk3011 Жыл бұрын
​@@Highland_Moo😂😂😂😂
@simonsimon325
@simonsimon325 9 ай бұрын
Ah, I wondered about the pre decimal thing too. Date had to be wrong.
@Allergictocatstoo
@Allergictocatstoo 3 ай бұрын
They lose their hearing from all of the noise!
@andystrowman9938
@andystrowman9938 Жыл бұрын
So good. So true
@jan-margaret6970
@jan-margaret6970 2 ай бұрын
🇨🇦😘🎥I remember watching this doc. With my mom. 😊
@marine4lyfe85
@marine4lyfe85 Жыл бұрын
What did Muriel say the last bit of tobacco tastes like? Did she say "pot smoke"?
@philglew-deval
@philglew-deval Жыл бұрын
"Horse muck"
@craiggilchrist4223
@craiggilchrist4223 6 ай бұрын
Dog muck
@chicagogyrl4846
@chicagogyrl4846 Күн бұрын
I would be afraid to walk up all of those steel steps in those heels! 😂🤣
@philglew-deval
@philglew-deval 7 ай бұрын
Does anyone have part 2 of this "Women in Prison: 2 - The Way Ahead?" ?
@chicagogyrl4846
@chicagogyrl4846 Күн бұрын
Why are they only allowed 2 letters a week?!
@galaxion62
@galaxion62 6 ай бұрын
Had to laugh when the interviewer being an ignoramus posed the question to the well spoken lady, regarding prison being a waste of tax payers money. What no one wants to disclose is the money used to imprison folk has nothing whatsoever to do with taxes at all. This is a fake concept as In reality a very substantial bond is created by the warrant issued from the court, of which the prisoner is then used as collateral for such. After all costs are deducted from the proceeds of the bond, the prison is still left with a nice profit, as they are all covert profit making individual government companies listed on Dunn & Bradstreet. This is all cloaked behind a veil of deception presented to everyone.
@FaceFcuk
@FaceFcuk 6 ай бұрын
Crazy to think i can watch a documentary from 10 years before i was born in 72 on a device and platform that wasnt even invented when i was a child. We had no mobile phones and i still remember we had a black and white tv 😂 Technology has transformed this world, i dread to think what will be possible 20 to 30 years from now with mores law in action, meaning coumputer power chips double in speed every 1 to 2 years .
@tron.44
@tron.44 Жыл бұрын
That's my theme song right there!
@seanfrancis3143
@seanfrancis3143 9 ай бұрын
The old Holloway prison building 🏢🏫 I think that building got demolished In the 70's because the new building was built in the 1980's I think
@chicagogyrl4846
@chicagogyrl4846 Күн бұрын
So they don’t use “normal” toothpaste?! Well then what is abnormal toothpaste??!
@jennybarraclough8112
@jennybarraclough8112 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your interest. I should know about the women after they left prison but I was always abroad and did not find out. The prison itself was closed and now they are in more humane building.
@catherinecurran7898
@catherinecurran7898 4 жыл бұрын
I felt really sorry for that girl sandra near the start with the 3 month baby. Hope life treated her well. The lady splitting the matches (might have been called Muriel) was a hoot.
@chairlesnicol672
@chairlesnicol672 6 ай бұрын
@@Jennybarraclough So u were the director of this doc? I always wonder what directors thought like! How come there's only one director on a movie, but a ton of producers n associate producers? Lol BTW nice documentary!
@sten123
@sten123 Жыл бұрын
@20:34 wow this young woman is so a head of her time, the interviewer is a typical victorian values ponce, "Would you consider yourself a lesbian out of jail?. No I would consider myself a normal woman." That shut him up lol. @29:46 the woman with the cigs is adorable
@simonsimon325
@simonsimon325 9 ай бұрын
Classic case of an educated person being made to look like a bit of a dope by someone who understood all the stuff you don't learn in school and could articulate it effectively.
@w1lf1ewoo
@w1lf1ewoo 6 ай бұрын
It was a very good question which the viewers would be interested in hearing the answer to. He has to at least provoke an interesting discourse
@sten123
@sten123 6 ай бұрын
Where on earth did you get that I suggested she was being funny with him?@samanthaparmley1386
@KarmasAbutch
@KarmasAbutch 5 ай бұрын
Was looking for this comment… my chin hit the floor a little at just how forthright and spot on she was about it for back then - that was not the direction I’d been expecting her interview to swing off in.,.. but she still ain’t wrong 50 years later 😂🎉
@redskyatnight123
@redskyatnight123 2 ай бұрын
Very interesting
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