Daily Rec: A Decade Behind Bars: Return to the Farm

The old adage that two wrongs don’t make a right is something that many correctional systems in the U.S. have yet to figure out. In just about every prison in the Americas, the system is designed to punish and humiliate rather than heal and retrain. There may be some exceptions.

We’ve received an exclusive clip from the National Geographic Channel who tomorrow night are completing a three part series with the two-hour sequel to the 1997 Oscar nominated, Sundance winning documentary film. Today’s Daily Recommendation is: A Decade Behind Bars: Return to the Farm which airs tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET/PT. You can watch the original film here.

In 1997, filmmaker Jonathan Stack and colleagues Liz Garbus and Wilbert Rideau teamed on “The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison” and for the last 10 years, filmmaker Jonathan Stack has continued to chronicle life and the surprising changes inside Angola, which is now an increasingly self-sustaining agricultural community.

Our exclusive clip demonstrates how prisoners are stripped from their rights, and in this case their only right is to listen when spoken to.