Behind Bars: Women Inside: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Behind Bars: Women Inside is an intimate and in-depth look at what it's like to be a woman incarcerated in an American jail. With some 200 inmates, the series goes behind the walls of the Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Center and explores the reality of life when orange really is the new black. These mothers, daughters, grandmothers and sisters re also gangbangers, murderers, drug smugglers and armed robbers. While we might see glimpses of their softer sides, these often volatile and dangerous women are housed together 24/7 - with explosive consequences.

Series details

• Title: Behind Bars: Women Inside
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2019-12-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: A&E
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 45349

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-12-10; final listed air date 2019-12-17; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

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