Comments on: Trapped: Mental Illness in America’s Prisons

By: Sergeant Rioux

Sergeant Rioux — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:55:49 +0000

Jenn we were glad to have you and now that I see the final project it looks great. Now hopefully people will see the problems that we as corrections professionals deal with everyday. Good luck and hope to see more of your work.

By: John Hall

John Hall — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:23:21 +0000

Jenn, I have to tell you how impressive your work is. You have presented a balanced look at an extremely intense place. Its tough on everyone there and I think you got to experience that. You are a credit to your chosen field and your work speaks volumes for those living and working with mental illness in prisons. I look forward to seeing more of your work from your visits on the yard at KSR.

By: justin ide

justin ide — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:41:21 +0000

jenn … really amazing. i’d be interested in what your response to katia roberts is about access. also to hear about how you went about this whole project. it’s very touching, disturbing, sad and amazing all at once.

thanks for putting your heart into it.

Justin

By: Katia Roberts

Katia Roberts — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:03:38 +0000

wow… i don’t even have the words to describe how much your work affected me today. i saw everything on the ‘indepth’ site; the ‘trapped’ video, the inmate interviews, the ‘inmate watchers’ video – all of it, and here i sit in a puddle of my own tears. this work is profoundly moving and this insight into prisons as mental health institutions needs to be wide-spread, seen and heard. i hope it will make a difference.

i have a question – how on earth did you gain such access as to be allowed into the prison system to do this work? that is phenomenal in itself. i always wanted to do a PJ piece on the prison system but access is utterly denied here in seattle.

please continue your work of which i have high admiration for.

thank you,

katia roberts

By: Robert B

Robert B — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:03:06 +0000

Really phenom piece….powerful imaging and multimedia. Bravo!

By: Horst-Christian

Horst-Christian — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:06:12 +0000

Impressive and intensive – great! Your work asked me, why the government wasted billions of bucks in Iraq though money is needed in America. I don´t know where the mental ill people are…

By: nir alon

nir alon — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:08:05 +0000

fantastic work jenn! moving, nauseating, frightening and thought provoking!

By: DRAKE

DRAKE — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:52:41 +0000

what a wonderful piece of work now everyone can see what we have too deal with everyday we go to work.job well done thanks

By: yoon

yoon — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:49:08 +0000

phenomenal work jenn.

By: Scott Strazzante

Scott Strazzante — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:42:49 +0000

Jenn, what a powerful piece of journalism! Thanks for shedding light on an important issue. All the best, Scott