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Ashley Smith : Out of Control

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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.

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

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  • CanadaCA

    • TV8 Jan 2010

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Ashley Smith : Out of Control was released on 8 January 2010.

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