When a person is taken into custody, the family of the offender serve “a sentence” of another kind. The Victorian Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders (VACRO) tries to help these families in its own individual fashion. The film is noted for scenes actually filmed in Pentridge
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
012659
Language
English
Subject categories
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Prisoners' families
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
U-Matic (low band); Access Print (Section 1)