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Fishing in Solitary

Preview: Season 2014 Episode 7 | 58s

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Even in solitary, inmates find ways to smuggle contraband from cell to cell. In Solitary Nation, premiering Tuesday, April 22 on PBS and at pbs.org/FRONTLINE, FRONTLINE brings viewers inside Maine's maximum security prison, where a new warden is trying to reduce the number of prisoners in solitary.

Aired: 04/21/14 | Rating: NR

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