I happened to stumble upon and watch a somewhat different miniseries. Sentenced to Treatment | Yle Areena
Danish documentarian Anders Agger gets a rare visit to Denmark’s most strictly guarded prison psychiatric hospital. He meets and interviews four “real-life Hannibal Lecters” and delves into their situations. The encounters are at times quite chilling. The prisoners/patients are heavily medicated in these situations, and some of them truly do not understand at all why they have been put behind bars.
At least for me, the program evoked strong emotions at times. Partly because I immensely appreciate the work of the nursing staff in a violent environment, and partly because some of the thoughts of these prisoners were indeed eye-opening.
The program does not discuss the crimes committed by these individuals, but generally speaking, these are violent crimes committed without understanding. The severity of these can be reflected upon when observing the extensive security arrangements. Especially the patient introduced at the beginning of the program, who masters several martial arts, is truly a frightening sight even when medicated. Furthermore, all interviewees naturally appear only on their “better days,” which makes one wonder what the worse days are like, especially for the staff. This is also referred to, laconically and factually.
Hope is also offered. During the four episodes, there is a change in the patients’ condition, some for the better, some for the worse. Especially the seemingly energetic guy who goes to the gym and is upset about his isolation improves remarkably in his demeanor, though the permanence of the change is unknown.
All in all, a worthwhile, somewhat heavier piece. I recommend it.
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