Princewill Pius
Girls Incarcerated gives names and faces to kids imprisoned by the system. Audiences have the opportunity to root for the cast members’ rehabilitation and re-entrance into society. The show can give you the feels while also revealing the hard realities that lead young people like these into the circumstances we find them in — circumstances that are sadly far too common.
While each girl’s story is worth an individual article, there are some standouts from each season that tug at the heartstrings. In the first season, we meet Brianna, a self-anointed “bad girl” whose anger threatens to curtail her release; Aubrey, a teen whose substance abuse sheds a light on the high rates of recidivism for those who make it out; Najwa, a two-year resident who completes the program but remains because she has no home to return to; and Taryn, a straight-A student and former cheerleader who asks to be sent through the system as penance after a car accident killed her best friend while she was behind the wheel.
Written by: Nicki
