Australia Behind Bars

A new observation-documentary series, presented by Melissa Doyle, offers unprecedented access beyond the high walls and barbed wires of three maximum-security prisons.

This powerhouse eight-part series documents the harsh realities of daily life behind bars for inmates and corrections officers alike. The stories are both confronting and compelling, detailing the heartbreak, hell – and hopes – of an existence in prison.

Australia Behind Bars will give audiences a dramatic, firsthand look at a part of society they rarely see, and the stories behind the people who make up the prison system

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Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Australia Behind Bars

First Air Date

February 3, 2022

Last Air Date

March 24, 2022

Seasons

1

Episodes

8

Language

Production Companies

Networks

Nine Network

S01E08

Episode 8

A wrap-up of the series looks at what the inmates' hopes for the future are. The corrections officers also never lose faith that next time they open the gate to release a prisoner, it will be the last time they say goodbye.

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