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202310 minPG-13doc-short

Friends on the Outside

202310 minPG-13doc-short

Foraging for weeds and caring for birds aid Jamie's recovery from mental illness and the stress of incarceration amid the UK's largest prison expansion in over a century.

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Foraging for weeds and caring for birds aid Jamie's recovery from mental illness and the stress of incarceration amid the UK's largest prison expansion in over a century.

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Annabel Moodiedirector

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Jamie forages for weeds and cares for birds as part of his recovery from mental illness and the stress of incarceration. Friends on the Outside, a 10-minute documentary from 2023, examines how these activities aid his healing. It questions the current expansion of the UK prison system, the largest in over a century, and critiques the language used to discuss this growth.

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