Ashley Smith : Out of Control

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Documentary

Overview

Ashley Smith was a troubled 19-year-old when she choked herself to death at Ontario's Grand Valley Institution for Women. Her death made national headlines and led to a scathing report by Canada’s federal prison ombudsman. Incarceration for Ashley began at a youth detention centre in New Brunswick. Her crime: she had tossed crabapples at a mailman. Her one-month sentence stretched to almost four years, served in five provinces. With the prison videotapes and exclusive access to Smith’s parents, along with a fellow inmate, this documentary exposes a system that fails the many Ashley Smiths still incarcerated in Canadian institutions.

Keywords

prison
suicide
women's prison
canada
juvenile prison
solitary confinement
ontario
documentary
canadian law

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 8, 2010
Original language: English
Spoken languages: english
Production: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded