Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Documentary about innocent people confined to prison on remand John Pilger reports that more than half of the 500000 people remanded in custody by magistrates each year are eventually found not guilty fined or as in the case of Helen given a conditional discharge Helen charged with stealing a pair of slippers but with no previous convictions recalls her day in Holloway Prison London which started at 7am when she joined 96 other prisoners in a rush to use four toilets whose conditions were disgusting Between then and lunchtime all prisoners were locked up with just halfanhours walk round a large yard for exercise Lunch was eaten in cells with tea at 330pm before they were locked up until the following morning