Thursday 26 September 2013

Inside America's most notorious female jail

Newly arrivals line up at Rockville: America imprisons more women than any other country in the world
Celebrated British journalist Sir Trevor McDonald says he 'can't forget' the harrowing tales of prisoners he met at two of America's most notorious prisons for women.
With unique access to The Rockville Correctional Facility and Indiana Women’s Prison, he spent two weeks interviewing gang bangers, baby killers and multiple murderers
He witnessed a world of seduction and manipulation as inmates prey on each other and those who guard them. The experience, he says, has upset him so deeply that he has vowed never to set foot inside a prison again.


Trinidad-born Sir Trevor, who was knighted in 1999 for services to journalism, has had stellar career that saw him host ITV's flagship News At Ten for 13 years and win more awards than any other British broadcaster.
Concentrating on world politics, he reported from war zones from across the world and interviewed such prominent world figures as former president Bill Clinton, freedom fighter Nelson Mandela and Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein.

An aerial view of Rockville Recreational Facility: Among the prisoners held at the 1,200-inmate prison is Dawn Hopkins, 39, who told Sir Trevor the story of how she murdered her own baby son in a fit of rageSir Trevor also met inmates at Indiana Women's Prison, including double-murderer Sarah Pender who was for a time America's most wanted woman after she seduced a male warder and got him to help her escapeLocked up: Armed Robber Desiree Hancock looks out of her cell door window at Indiana Women's Prison

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