Frontline: The Released

In this follow up to the groundbreaking film the New Asylums, FRONTLINE examines what happens to the mentally ill when they leave prison and why they return at such alarming rates. The intimate stories of the released-along with interviews with parole officers, social workers, and psychiatrists-provide a rare look at the lives of the mentally ill as they struggle to stay out of prison and reintegrate into society.

Director: Karen O'Connor
Director: Miri Navasky
Producer: Karen O'Connor
Producer: Marvin Worth
Producer: Miri Navasky
Producer: Spike Lee
Actor: Will Lyman