Women Behind Bars & The Business of Making Art

Season 5Episode 1230 minMay 19, 2017
Women Behind Bars & The Business of Making Art

The number of women incarcerated in the U.S. has increased 700% since 1980, overwhelming prisons and jails originally designed for men. The majority are nonviolent offenders and mothers serving out sentences in facilities often unprepared to address their most basic needs. Isobel Yeung spends time in prisons across the country, discovering what it means to be an American woman behind bars.

Women Behind Bars & The Business of Making Art has aired on May 19, 2017 at 7:30 PM
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