Girls Incarcerated: Young and Locked Up

These poor girls. I see other reviews going off about the girls language and disrespect. Well, what do you expect when you put 20(?) traumatized girls in the same room day in and day out with little-to-no privacy, guards who know very little about deescalating conflict, lack of addressing their very serious and gruesome trauma, an outdated silly form of "discipline" and point systems, to name a few? A fourteen year old girl with anger management issues and you expect her to behave like a normal kid? And you lock her up in this institution? I have no words for how sick this is. This is not only trauma and poverty social porn, but also yet another insight on everything wrong about the American prison system. An interesting watch if you look beyond the drama and foul language.

This series shows us that you can take control of your destiny and that it is never too late to become a good person. Moreover, this series is really interesting because it allows you to see the lives of teenage girls in a prison, which is rather original unlike other series where there are only adult men generally. This series is especially touching when they find their parents or when she leaves prison. I recommend it

This review is less about the show and more about the psychological effect of putting a camera in someone's face while they are incarcerated. The show itself is very interesting, but shouldn't we consider how it might ruin any chance of a normal future? We have seen the negative effects of "celebrity" on so many people who are not incarcerated. Surely some of the prisoners might be inclined to act up just for screen time. Surely they might be inclined to remain incarcerated so they can remain on the show. How is this really helping?

Amazing show! Very touching, gets you emotionally invested. I loved this and binge watched it all at once because I was so interested and couldn't wait to watch the rest... <3

These girls have had "a hard life..." whatever. They are disrespectful & have filthy mouths. They are where they belong until they face the real world and/or "real" prison just to put them in their place & show them just how "bad-ass" they are. I pray these girls see the light and change their direction, despite the upbringing & "parenting" they've been exposed to their whole lives. So so sad. The warden is a saint to me. NO WAY I could put up with these attitudes & mouths. God bless him!!