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Former homicide detective Gary Jubelin walks into the maximum security Macquarie prison, facing up to the kind of criminals he used to put inside there. An old friend once told him they breed animals in prison - but this is something different.

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As an ex-cop, few of those inside Macquarie are willing to talk to Gary, let alone to trust him. Then one prisoner opens up about what brought him to the prison and what it’s done to him since he got there.
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Gary sits down behind a closed door with some of the toughest men inside the prison. By the time he walks out, everything he thought he knew about jail has shifted.

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Sitting next to Macquarie, Wellington maximum security prison is a physical reminder that there is another corrections system out there, where they still do things the hard way. Gary pays it a visit and comes face-to-face with a man who’s spent five years in solitary.

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The daughter of a prisoner facing an eight-year stretch tells Gary what prison time costs those on the inside - as well as their families. Back inside Macquarie, her dad sits down to talk about how he ended up in prison, as well as his hopes and fears on release.

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Gary speaks to the old friend - and former convict - who once told him they breed animals in prison. Inside Macquarie, he is there as one of the prisoners gets ready to be let out - and Gary realises how much this experience has changed him.
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