Ashley Smith : Out of Control (2010)

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.

Released Jan. 8, 2010 42 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.prison, tmdb.suicide, tmdb.juvenile-prison, tmdb.women-s-prison, tmdb.solitary-confinement, tmdb.ontario-canada, tmdb.documentary, tmdb.canadian-law

Production Companies: CBC

Country: Canada
Languages: English

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