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Two strikes and youre out, if you will. The system have to change. This law have to change. Narrator two strikes. and later, the experience of pregnant women in prison. We have between 45 to 50 pregnant women in and out of tutwiler in a years time. A common saying for being incarcerated is i came in here by myself, im going to leave by myself. We all had little riders with us. Narrator and what happens to their newborns. When you have your baby and spend time with him or her and its over thats like the hardest thing that ever done happen in the world. Were almost to the end of this. So, ill see you soon. Narrator these two stories on this special edition of frontline. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More at macfound. Org and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and Jo Ann Hagler and Additional Support from koo and patricia yuen, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. Major support for frontline and for two strikes and tutwile . Was provided by the corporation for public broadcasting. With Additional Support r tutwiler from the lisa and Douglas Goldman fund. We got a witness and the lady said that you were trying to take her car. Mark, here we are. Youre just gonna go into the facilities, and just do what they say, and hopefully you can get out of here soon enough, all right . No, you wont. My sentence is life without the possibility of parole. So im in here till i die. Its a hard place to navigate. Theres a lot of different people from all walks of life. So youve got to be careful. It still doesnt seem real. Im 48 now. The average male lives to about 78 years old, which means ill do another 30 years in here before i pass away, on average. Im reasonably healthy so i might make it till my 80s, so its a. Its a long time. traffic rushing by children chattering in background i have a bunch of stuff here. Boxes and things that we had to, like, lift. Mark isnt there so he cannot lift things. So i have to lift it. So, thats one of the things that kind of, you know, you dont have somebody here to help you, its just you. This is our kitchen. This one was more my motherinlaw. She has those in the house d i always like it, so i just kind of put the little vase and put it in there. Got this, one of the little things. That i treasure. Its a bar of v05 soap. But its handmade. So they made that, put my name out, and inside always mark, i love you. sighs that make it tougher, every time that i see it. I am a Pharmacy Technician at orlando, at thea. Well, mark and i have been together for a really long time. We had both got out of divorces. I, i always tell him that he was the, the only person that i, that i know that goes to the kitchen and do the dishes with me. Hes. Hes a good man. We bought the house this year. Some people say oh, you continue being dumb, like, you are married to somebody and pay this and pay that. But for me its not, its. I say, im not taking anything with me the day i die, but i will leave him something. So, what is mine is his. I grew up, i was a very patriotic young guy. marching drums i wanted to be an fbi agent like my father. Have three kids, have a nice home, maybe coach football. I had an older brother who was a west point cadet. I had a grandfather who served in world war ii. So, the military was a big part of our family. And i really believed in america, its principles, its values, freedom. I enlisted in fort dix, new jersey. And then from there, i went into west point. It was hard. Its a, its a very competitive place. A lot of patriotic people, smart people. I played football there also. I was there in the early 90s. But, uh, then there were some things, some. There were some violent things that went on and it was, it was considered normal. Nah, i dont want to get into that, i really dont. Im sorry. sighs it was bad, it was really bad. Its part of my life. clears throat drums beating i could tell things werent right in my, in my mind. whirring, traffic sounds, buzzing the big thing is the noise. whirring, traffic sounds, buzzing your heart starts beating really fast. Its like being electrified, and you cant figure out whats causing the electrification. My. Every pore on my body would open up sometimes, and i, i couldnt explain why. I remember my mom, she would call it my dark place. She would say, mark, its not real. It would help bring me back into reality. But whatever, whatever was going on. I constantly wanted to take that edge off. How about, you have family, you got brothers and sisters . They dont want you around . I would have bad, really bad nightmares and i would, i would drink during the night to go back to sleep. It wasnt a lot. And as time progressed. traffic passing, insects, birds chirping . Im trying to get drunk, im trying to stay drunk. All day, all night. Id go out a lot, on my own, just to get away from people. If everybody was quiet around me, it would help. He disappeared. I mean, sometimes hed disappear for days, and you dont know. Its just, like, you dont know what was going on. But then, hed call, im fine, blah, blah, blah. And so, im. I was calm. But then, hed continue. Then what is your m. O. , man . I mean, i took these items. Id go to county jail. And id figure my quickest avenue back to alcohol would be probation. And then of course, i would violate the probation so it just became an. A collage of incidents. I really didnt get help until probably 2010. I went to the, uh, orlando ptsd clinic. Unfortunately, the orlando ptsd clinic said, look, you need a higher level of care. So then he had to go to bay pine. And bay pine said, you have to be sober for one or two months. So, i was kind of bouncing between the two. And im, you know, and im. I was a mess. You know, i was a mess at that time. A lot of drinking. So, how can you, gonna tell somebody do not drink if you are an alcoholic . I think that the va failed mark. Eventlly, thats when the, the incident that occurred that put me here. I just go by what ms. Hopkins said happened that day. I mean, i was blackedout drunk. Apparently, i was at a publix, talking on my cell phone, and i walked up to a vehicle. Leanedn the vehicle, told the person to give me the keys and get out of the vehicle. The victim said they screamed, and walked away talking on my cell phone. See, the problem was i had gone to prison for grand theft. Out of a home depot, it was drill. Because i had been released from prison within three years, the state attorney offered me a 15year plea deal, but he said if you dont take this plea deal, were gonna enact whats called the prr statute prison Releasee Reoffender. We could call this bill the we really mean it this time bill. People that have committed treason, murder, manslaughter, sexual battery, carjacking, robbery, arson, kidnapping. So, what were trying to do is put these people back in prison before they commit another crime on a probation violation. Sort of a two strikes and youre out, if you will. If you had been incarcerated three years or less prior, and they decide to enact the statute, and you go to trial, youre automatically sentenced to the statutory maximum. I was found guilty at trial. They gave me life in prison. And anything i say about the severity of my sentence, i dont mean to minimize the impact i had on her that day. She has every right to you know, have a normal day. And, uh, so im sorry. From the bottom of my heart. This is another christmas. You are in my heart. Be safe, my love. Come back home soon. This one was from his mom. When you have some, somebody in prison, you just not putting one person in there, youre putting the whole family. And, um, uh. We lost his mom already. Its, uh. Right before, it was hard. Oh, man, i broke down on the phone. And he calls, like, every 15, 20 minutes, just for me to put the phone. You know, im in columbia ci prison, i got about ten people standing around me, and i, i had to say goodbye to my mom. Seeing. The mother go through the whole thing, him not able to go. To hug her, i mean. Thats hard. Shes just a good person. I couldnt go to her funeral or anything like that at all. Now, the father is not doing well either. So. Its very, very, um. Very tough, very, very, extremely tough. And this is. You know, these are the last years ive got with them. At first, my dad was like, well, youre, you should go to jail, you know, and that sort of thing. But as time went on, he was like, this is enough, mark, you know . Ive seen so much change in you. Im a law clerk at the prison law library. Yogot a lot of guys in here with less than a ninth grade education. They cant even write an essay, you know, let alone put a brief together for the district cou of appeal, and they, they need help. Im stuck in here, im trying to make a difference from in here but its hard. If theres any way i can get back to my family, i need to get there. I mean, its hard for her because shes doing everything by herself. phone chimes over phone an inmate at a Florida Department of corrections institution. Your current balance is 55. 49. This call is from a corrections facility and is subject to monitoring and recording. Thank you for using global tel link. Hey, babe. Hey, honey. Um, well, theres nothing going on here. Ill be trying to get a hold of my dad tonight, see how hes doing. Okay. A lot of guys are interested in what i. Its always good to hear his voice. But its tough, its tough. The phone calls used to be half an hour for 1. 20. Now its 4. 30. They take whoever they can and make money out of the family. All right, i love you. I love you, babe, bye. Have a good night, byebye. hangs up for me, this is just an abuse of power. Not only mark, cause. Its all the people that going through same process and the same pain. My brother, dwyane, has served 21 years on a 60year prison sentence for the theft of a gold chain. Stuckey shoplifted dvds from a Seminole County sams club. He was sentenced to 30 years. I love it, and it works. Crime is at a historic lows in florida. So that tells us that it works. There are currently 8,000 people in florida prisons sentenced to mandatory maximum sentences under the prison Releasee Reoffender statute. I go back again to the whole thing. For scaring an old lady. Its, its just, it just blow my mind. The system have to change. This law have to change. Florida have to change. When youre in this, this kind of a place, you miss simple things. indistinct chatter you know, just being able to go to chickfila and get a sandwich. I miss christmas, i miss, i miss the holidays. I just miss my family, you know . I wish i could be there. If theres heavy boxes to carry, i wish i could be there to do it for her. But, um, im stuck in here. Hey. Wheres mom, i cant see her . Thank you, mark. Yes. Narrator coming up next, a special broadcast of frontlines awardwinning documentary short. So, this is the birthing care group were the alabama prison birth project. An intimate look at the experience of women in an alabama prison. You were locked up your whole pregnancy and it was just you and that baby and then to walk away from the person thats been there with you, it makes the strongest person break. Narrator tutwil starts right now. lock buzzes, door creaks indistinct conversations lock buzzes gate clanks woman come on. door shuts sergeant abbot you got your seatbelt on . Yes, maam. Abbot okay. Abbot how far along are you now . Misty cook nine months. Are you having a boy or a girl . Cook a boy. First one, second one . Cook its my second boy. My little boys been getting in trouble at school. Abbot yeah, how old is he . Hes ten. Abbot mmhmm. Usually hes good. Abbot hes going through some stuff. But dont let that be, like. Dont pity him to the point that you just spoil him. Cook i know i cant do that. My husband passed away four years ago. Abbot mmhmm. And i let them get away with a bunch. Yeah. Cook thats where i messed up at. Abbot have they been able to come to visit at all . Cook no, i wouldnt want to put them through that. Abbot yeah. I just feel bad when kids come, because, you know, they have to be searched too, and. Cook when i was a little kid, i remember we went to prison to see my dad, and it was crazy, because i had timberland boots that had little metal things on them. The metal thing kept going off. Abbot oh, mmhmm. And i had to take my shoes off. Cook yeah. Mines sarah. Abbot yeah, were the only prison in the southeast that has that program. Cook i know. I mean, youre going to have someone there with you, but were complete strangers, you know what i mean . And its different they know you on a different level. And they can interact with you differently than we can. door unlocking and opening this is a nonsmoking dorm. We have pregnant females in here i meancome on. So do not smoke in this dorm, ladies. Group yes, maam. Okay. Im going to start at the end and work my way down. Trim just a little. Yes, maam. Okay, good morning. Wendy williams tutwiler is the only womens prison in the state of alabama. But on average we have between 45 to 50 pregnant women in and out of tutwiler in a years time. I know at one time we had three generations of women at tutwiler that were from the same family. And, of course, we have that concern every time a woman comes to us pregnant is this going to be another cycle . lock buzzes guard shake, shake. lock buzzes captain sonja rose captain rose to. Officer. Get misty cook up and send her to the shift office. Sarah doyle what is your current age . Cook 36. Doyle how long have you been in this facility . Six months. And what is the length of your current sentence . Cook 36 months. Doyle not including your current incarceration, have you been in jail or prison before . Cook mmmmm. Doyle what is your highest level of education . 11th grade. Doyle in the month before your arrest, were you employed . No. Were you raised by someone other than your biological mother or father . Yes. Yes, and who was that . Grandparents. Grandparents. As an adult, have you ever been a victim of Domestic Violence . Yes. Do you have children . Cook yeah, two. Doyle yeah, two. Cook plus the baby. Doyle yeah. And youre just wanting to do an epidural and then whatever the doctor recommends, just go with the flow, laying in bed, birthing on your back. I want a big cup of pepsi. Doyle a big cup of pepsi, okay. Sometimes being a doula just means giving you your space, so youre always welcome to kick me out. Cook no, youre staying there with me. Okay, sounds good. Im going to be around through this. Youre not doing this alone. I know. Doyle anything else i can help with today . No. Doyle all right. Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee . So this is the birthing care group. Were the alabama prison birth project. And we come weekly, and we do childbirth education. Youll get a healthy meal, and then if you want to be matched with a doula, you can be matched with a doula for your birth. Ashley lovell if its all right, well just go ahead and start the lesson. To safely hold your baby, the babys head is close enough for you to kiss, right . Its not just important for the baby, its important for us, because its building that strong bond. And youre more primed to bond to your baby at the moment than any other time. Again, if youre separated from your baby for some reason, you can do this as soon as your baby comes back to you. Even if your babys swaddled up in a little burrito, and asleep, its okay to undo the swaddle and put your baby skin to skin. They will go right back to sleep here. Erin brown well, lets go on and. Yes . I just was. How many of us have had babies before . How many of you . Raise your hands. Woman ive had lots of babies. Theresa barron what i think would be good isalk about how were going to raise these babies. A lot of us go back and were like, breathing techniques . I think the focus should be, like, your baby, and how youre going to raise your baby and keep them and be a good mother and not have to go through what you went through. indistinct conversation this is antonio jabar, and hes in a shower. This me and him. Me and him kissing, but hes still paying attention to the lady that took the picture of us. But thats my sugar boo. Kim patton look like she was praying right here. These are the last pictures i got, but i look at them over and over. Then i take them out and look at them again and cry and hide them again. This is me and tolin. This is the day that i was with him in the nicu. I was just praying with him here, you know, praying that he would get better. He had swallowed some of my amniotic fluid whenever he came out, so he got an infection. So hes got to take a full sevenday round of antibiotics. But this is that day. It was devastating, especially finding out that he was sick the night before, and the very next day knowing that i had to come back to prison. It just really broke my heart, knowing that i was leaving him there, you know . Um. Its very hard. Well, this is romeo. You got it. Hes a week and one day today, and, um, i guess hes still with dhr. So i dont know where he at right now. So, i dont know. I dont want to talk about it. Malone were all rooting for him either way. Patton yeah, we talk about him already. Dont cry. Its all right. You going to get some answers here in a little while. News anchor the department of justice is telling alabama steps must be taken to curb sexual abuse at the Julia Tutwiler prison for women. The report called tutwiler a toxic, sexualized environment. The facility in wetumpka houses about a thousand inmates. Williams we had a lot of concerns at that time about tutwiler. A lot of what we were hearing from the inmates was the fact that they werent feeling safe. So what we had to do, and were still working on this, is change the culture. indistinct conversation williams im wendy williams, if you havent met me already, and im the Deputy Commissioner for womens services, and just super excited that we have committed stakeholders that want to have a voice in our process. And i know warden wright and warden mcclane and i share a similar vision. When we build a new womens prison, there will be an area where the mothers and babies can actually Stay Together from six months to a year post delivery. We have made a lot of great progress, but we still have a long way to go. Were just now entering our fourth year of implementation with the doj settlement involving tutwiler. We were compliant with 40 of 44 provisions, and the court report that will be filed by the 28th of this month will reflect that we are now compliant with 41. Those three are going to take a little bit more time. One of them will be accomplished with the help of university of alabama and auburn, hopefully. And then, of course, the other two are staffing, and that is a big challenge for us right now. Well look at some data behind that in just a mome. What about the Doula Program . Ashley lovell theres been a lot of interest in the lactation room. I have two emails now from other facilities wanting very specific details on how we implemented the program here, which is exactly what wed hoped to see tutwiler doing something that caught on, and is giving this opportunity. Williams who would have ever thought, right . To all of these babies in the country yes. Williams can you say that one more time . laughter lovell i will, because we hear that. The hospital breastfeeding initiation rate where these women give birth is about 20 percent. And since we opened the lactation room in june, we have about a 50 percent initiation rate. So weve surpassed the hospital initiation rate, which is exciting. Christy reach im currently on the Breast Feeding program. Every day im over there multiple times a day pumpi. Its very quiet over there, and this place is never quiet. And i read my bible, and i pray, and just kind of create my own little bubble, and bless the milk so when it does get to her, you know. It keeps you connected with your child, keeps you focused on where you need to be to change ourselves so we can get home to our children. It is much harder to pump than it is to breast feed, so i usually only produce about two ounces, two to three ounces at a time. A lot of us have been abused our entire lives, and we enter into relationships of abuse, and then dhr wants to step in and say we cant have our children because theyre going to enter into relationships of abuse. Well, help us, you know . Dont just throw us off in prison or take our children. Actually help us. Reach all this wasted time. Kim patton the one bad decision that i made. It affected everything. Jennifer baldwin mama, when you coming home . My child tell me that, mama, you come home and stop doing the things that you were doing. To hear my child tell me that, you gotta get your life together. Harriet holloway i just look at. Im so mad at myself and angry. cries to. To think about how angry that i am at me. It makes me angry. Im just angry at myself for not making the right decisions. Krista ryals were all angry because weve put ourselves here, you know what im saying . Its not the kids fault that we took ourself away from them. Its helped me talk, to learn that i have to forgive myself for the mistakes that ive made. Reach you know, a common saying for being incarcerated is, i came in here by myself, im going to leave by myself. We all had little riders with us. all agree and ive actually named my daughter ariana angel rider. indistinct conversations all right, so you guys ready . So were celebrating baby elijah, right . Yay applause hell be here thursday. Janee robinson and will be here thursday, by the way, so its a good thing that we are celebrating early, yes. Yall ready . Inmate little miss muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her blank and blank. Inmate curds and whey. Inmate yeah, thats what i thought it was, curds and whey. Inmate ice cream and cake. Inmate peter per pumpkin eater had a wife but couldnt. Group keep her laughter inmate he couldnt what . Group keep her inmate show them your belly indistinct conversations inmate you ready . No but yes. Inmate you got it. Turn around, let us see. Inmate all right. cheers and applause i know you so good. I know. woman coughs you got it she got it too applause weve been in here right at an hour, believe it or not. How many people actually thought about using drugs or alcohol while we were doing . Is it possible for you to have activities like this and laugh and to celebrate without using . All yes. Robinson it is. And thats what recovery is about, seriously. Im happy for her. Robinson i am, too. I am, too. I am, too. Captain sonja rose i hope that you tap into what you get here. Youre at the lowest. Youre at the bottom. And so if you can make it at that level, you can always make it. Thats the thing. I think you misunderstand who you are, with the power and the strength that you actually have, and you dont need someo else to confirm who you are. You have to confirm yourself, okay . Lets move around, because ive got a little gap here. There you go, there you go. Everybody say cheese. Inmate make it so pretty. laughter inmate you can photoshop it. Rose all right baby all baby my babys almost a month old now. Really . Yeah. Do you have a boy or girl . A little boy. A boy . Yeah. Whats his name . Tyler denver. Thats a pretty name. Yeah. Brittany when i was eight, it was the first time i smoked marijuana. By the time i was a 13 or 14 i was a fullfledged addict, used every day. The first time i got locked up, i was 14. Ive been having, i guess, a little bit of depression and anxiety and just everything knowing, okay, i just had a baby in prison, and now im fixing to get back out to him, and what do i do from here . You know, how do i. How do i go forward . How do i stop making those. Some of those same mistakes . Its really hard in here. Theres drugs everywhere. We cant even go to the bathroom, you know . You know, if you want to try and change your life, and youre an addict, how do you say no when its all in your face, you know . They just threw us behind bars, you know, behind the fence, basically just to live with a whole bunch of addicts. Woman theres some peach crisp. At this hospital, ive seen them give iv narcotics right after the baby was born, which is something ive never seen at another hospital. And ive seen them offer percocet even to a mom postaginal birth. So if you want to stay away from narcotics for your recovering, you have to say that to them. And wh we talk about fear, tension, pain, when you relax your body, it doesnt hurt as bad when its contracting. Its a poor pillow, i know. Chauntel norris as were starting to have contractions, the first thing your doulas going to walk you through is breathing through it like, thats really important. Because when youre in pain, were all ow you know, you tense up, and you stop breathing thats the first thing you do, right . Take a deep breath in, relax your shoulders, and breathe it out. In through your nose and out through the mouth. Very good in through your nose, out through your mouth. Norria so what are some things, when you get home. What are some things that you plan to do differently so you dont have to be back . Not to be back here . Mmhmm. My goal, when i go home, i dont want to come outside for a year. But. Okay, so. Jennifer but taking my baby to the doctor, thats totally different. Right. So youre going to have to come out at some point. Youre going to have to take your kid somewhere. Youre going to have to go to the store. Youre going to have to, you know, become a part of society again. And so you need to have something in place you know, to keep you out of trouble. I want us to come up with a good plan. When i think i want to do this, this is what ill do instead. And then, you know, well set bigger goals, you know . Yeah, youre right. Norris set bigger goals. Like, when we talk about goals, our goal is to be available to our kids, you know what i mean . To be able to be a good mom to them, you know . And to be present with them, you know . indistinct conversations Amy Nicole Williams so i picked out this book. Its called i love you animally and its just going to tell you how much that i love yall, okay . It says, i love you hugely, like a whale. I love you shyly like a quail. indistinct conversations Patricia Beth malone ill float around inside my space shuttle. Ill eat all my food and special gadgets. Could i be any of those things when i grow up . But i dont need to decide just yet. I can just dream of having big adventures. Leah, i love you. Were almost to the end of this. So ill see you soon. Inmate anne thought gilbert was cheeky. Jennifer baldwin rodriguez, mama wanted to talk to you today to let you know im so sor that i had to go. I hope you come see me september the 8th, baby. Mama loves you so much, and be good to your grandma. Stop being bad, baby, okay . And be good in school and make good grades, rodriguez. Reach i want them to know that not a day goes by that i dont think of you; i think of you every day. I just pray to god that one day it can all be made right. Tori were scared. Were scared because we dont know whats going on outside of these walls. Kim patton i wonder how much she weighs, what shes doing. Ashley what is she doing . Does she sleep good . Patton does she sleep good . Ashley is she happy . Patton do she cry a lot . Ashley does. Is she calling somebody else mom . Patton what does she like to eat . I think about all them. Them questions. This is her mom right here. I can relate to the kids a lot because i was born drugaddicted to crack cocaine. My mom did drugs, like, most of her life. And so society ss that theyre throwaways, and that theres no hope for them, or theyre going to end up in the system, or theyre going to end up on drugs just like their parents. You know, show them the love that i didnt get as a baby being held, you know, being talked to. I didnt have that, you know . So for me to be able to do that for these children has been like a healing for me. When i look at her i think of me, like, when i was a baby. And i look at me and i see her future. Like theres hope for her. Right, amiya . Theres hope. laughs theres hope. traffic rumbles, birds chirping door slams, lock buzzes indistinct conversations abbott thank you. indistinct chatter excuse me. Inmate you going to have your baby . Inmate you going to have your baby . indistinct conversations inmate which way are we going, miss mims . You having a girl . Boy. Inmate boy. bus engine rumbles reach you dont want to give birth, because you want to be able to at least feel them and have them with you. Patton you feel so empty. Your heart just stop. Ryals it still hurts deep down inside, because you had that bond. 24 hours to bond with a baby is not really much. Mccann when you were locked up your whole pregnancy and it was just you and that baby, and then to walk away from the person thats been there with you, it makes the strongest person break. Abbot i know, im sorry. gate creaking loudspeaker lascall for indecipherable . doors slam shut abbot we have sergeant abbot, lieutenant nelson out with j3 misty cooke en route to baptist south hospital. What are you naming him . Elijah. Abbot thats right. The little labor suite or whatever is way nicer than the room theyre going to put you in for postpartum. Im just letting you know. Dont get attached. Theyre only going to leave you in there for like an hour after the babys born. An hour . And you go back to them little rooms again . Abbot yes, lord. Thank you. Mmhmm. indistinct conversation patton i always tell them, i say, yall go and prepare yourself, because, you know, youre talking about youre ready to go in labor, well, when you have your baby and spend time with him or her and its over, thats, like, the hardest thing that ever done happened in the world. Line . 601. keys jingling gate creaks gate creaks tires on gravel door closing door opening indistinct conversation door closing van starts gate creaks keys jingling indistinct conversations guard i have 315115. velcro tearing bye, handsome. Thank yall for taking such good care of my little buddy. All right. You are so alert. Look at you. Okay, all right, almost got it. Elijah. Elijah. Everybodys waiting to see you. baby cries oh, okay, lets see. There we go. There we go. Angela spackman he is beautiful. Baby hello, you. Look at those cheeks. Well, welcome home. Welcome home. baby cries oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Welcome. indistinct conversations rustling guard welcome back. Im going to change in here. Okay. Thank you. keys jingling indistinct conversations go to pbs. Org frontline for more reporting from our partners at the marshall project. And learn more from the filmmakers about the making of two strikes. what am i arrested for now . And tutwiler. there are many scenes within the film that were a challenge. I mean first of all filming inside of a prison was a challenge. Connect with frontline on facebook, instagram and twitter and stream anytime on the pbs app, youtube or pbs. Org frontline. The dawn chorus that no one wants to hear signaling that the fullscale invasion was well underway. Narrator Nobel Prize Winning journalist dmitry muratov. Speaking russian narrator his battle to defend free speech. 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For more on this and other frontline programs visit our website at pbs. Org frontline. Frontlines two strikes and twiler are available on amazon prime video. Youre watching pbs. Rodeo was kind of, like, my everything. Our culture, our language shes the one who holds that so close. Nothing can replace the way i feel when i come out here and i look at this land and know that its because of what we did. [ birds chirping ]