Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald (ITV)

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• riverside 57 Posts: 14,380

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  27/09/13 - 02:08 #2

  I am!

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• peach45 Posts: 9,426

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  27/09/13 - 02:10 #3

  Me.:)

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• fizzle90 Posts: 6,467

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  27/09/13 - 02:15 #4

  I'm watching. I know we saw the first woman who escaped from the first jail was in for double murder but did they say who it was it what the circumstances were? They seemed to focus on why she got moved from one jail to another rather than why she was in in the first place

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• riverside 57 Posts: 14,380

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  27/09/13 - 02:17 #5

  My God, 2 kids and she has been in prison for all of the younger one's life! How incredibly sad Seems she didn't lick it off the ground either, her mother being an ex-con as well. Really hope she makes good of her life when she gets out.

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• chloeb Posts: 6,501

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  27/09/13 - 02:18 #6

  fizzle90 wrote: »

  I'm watching. I know we saw the first woman who escaped from the first jail was in for double murder but did they say who it was it what the circumstances were? They seemed to focus on why she got moved from one jail to another rather than why she was in in the first place

  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jo_Pender
  
  110 year sentence :eek:

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 2,682

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  27/09/13 - 02:18 #7

  I enjoyed the mens and this one seems as good. I was so happy when I saw this advertised .

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• square_eyes Posts: 7,559

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  27/09/13 - 02:27 #8

  As prisons go, this one seems quite nice.
  
  Lots of green open spaces.

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• cooler Posts: 13,024

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  27/09/13 - 02:30 #9

  green855 wrote: »

  I enjoyed the mens and this one seems as good. I was so happy when I saw this advertised .

  
  They seem very well behaved for women who have commited ultra violent crimes.

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• fizzle90 Posts: 6,467

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  27/09/13 - 02:31 #10

  chloeb wrote: »

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jo_Pender
  
  110 year sentence :eek:

  
  How can she be charged with murder then when she didn't actually murder anyone and wasn't there when they were murdered?

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  27/09/13 - 02:32 #11

  cooler wrote: »

  They seem very well behaved for women who have commited ultra violent crimes.

  
  Maybe those crimes were against man. Perhaps their partners or driving under the influence. I think most of the inmates are there for drug charges.

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• zx50 Posts: 91,267

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  27/09/13 - 02:33 #12

  Forgot about this. I'll have to record it on ITV+1. I don't know whether I'll like it or not but I'll give it a chance though. It might feel too intimidating watching it, but I'll see when I watch it.

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• suki c Posts: 6,085

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  27/09/13 - 02:37 #13

  Just curious - the older lady who's been in for 20 years and about to be released - just she just get 'turfed out' with no rehab,, progression to open prison, day release etc. as in the UK? It seems very wrong if not!

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• zx50 Posts: 91,267

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  27/09/13 - 02:41 #14

  chloeb wrote: »

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jo_Pender
  
  110 year sentence :eek:

  
  America seems to like handing out the most ridiculous of sentences to people found guilty of the crime they've been accused of. I can't understand why the judge doesn't just tell the accused that they'll be spending the rest of their lives in prison. Handing out these absolutely ridiculous sentences just makes their judicial system look like a joke.

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• riverside 57 Posts: 14,380

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  27/09/13 - 02:48 #15

  zx50 wrote: »

  America seems to like handing out the most ridiculous of sentences to people found guilty of the crime they've been accused of. I can't understand why the judge doesn't just tell the accused that they'll be spending the rest of their lives in prison. Handing out these absolutely ridiculous sentences just makes their judicial system look like a joke.

  
  Not as much of a joke as here in Ireland where a "life" sentence means getting out after 12 years! Now that is a joke!

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• PinSarla Posts: 4,072

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  27/09/13 - 02:50 #16

  That last girl was super cute
  
  Didn't seem like a criminal to me

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• hansue Posts: 14,227

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  27/09/13 - 02:50 #17

  zx50 wrote: »

  America seems to like handing out the most ridiculous of sentences to people found guilty of the crime they've been accused of. I can't understand why the judge doesn't just tell the accused that they'll be spending the rest of their lives in prison. Handing out these absolutely ridiculous sentences just makes their judicial system look like a joke.

  
  Or perhaps we r too soft over here. Life doesnt mean life here. Having said that her sentence does seem harsh if she didnt actually kill them.

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• fizzle90 Posts: 6,467

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  27/09/13 - 02:53 #18

  Does anyone know what happened to her boyfriend, the person that actually killed those two people?

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• hansue Posts: 14,227

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  27/09/13 - 02:57 #19

  fizzle90 wrote: »

  Does anyone know what happened to her boyfriend, the person that actually killed those two people?

  
  He got 90 years

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• hansue Posts: 14,227

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  27/09/13 - 03:02 #20

  Deleted

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• fizzle90 Posts: 6,467

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  27/09/13 - 03:03 #21

  hansue wrote: »

  He got 90 years

  
  Really?! She got 20 more years than him and he was the one that killed them!

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• hansue Posts: 14,227

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  27/09/13 - 03:08 #22

  fizzle90 wrote: »

  Really?! She got 20 more years than him and he was the one that killed them!

  
  I think her escaping didnt help

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• cooler Posts: 13,024

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  27/09/13 - 03:16 #23

  The woman who said she was going to go on Google when she gets out, her surname is search.
  

  PinSarla wrote: »

  That last girl was super cute
  
  Didn't seem like a criminal to me

  
  You mean Sarah Pender?

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• Hollie_Louise Posts: 39,980

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  27/09/13 - 03:39 #24

  I really enjoyed the male prison show he did and this was just as good.. I always feel quite weird after watching these types of shows though as it kind of humanises them (in my own head anyway)

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• owllover Posts: 7,980

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  27/09/13 - 05:35 #25

  Hollie_Louise wrote: »

  I really enjoyed the male prison show he did and this was just as good.. I always feel quite weird after watching these types of shows though as it kind of humanises them (in my own head anyway)

  
  I didn't see the male prison show but I understand exactly what you're saying.
  
  Editing of course but I was struck by how articulate the featured women were. I wonder if Trevor Mcdonut was affeared to face the worst.

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• johnloony Posts: 6,110

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  27/09/13 - 07:18 #26

  fizzle90 wrote: »

  How can she be charged with murder then when she didn't actually murder anyone and wasn't there when they were murdered?

  
  She was (rightly) convicted under the principle of joint enterprise. She was intimately and intrinsically involved in organising, initiating and enabling the crime from start to finish. It was clear from the interview that she was very intelligent and manipulative in the way she had consciously bought the gun and arranged the murder.

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