The Women of Durham Jail with Joanne Allen , Rosalind Ayres Selena Carey-Jones and Paola Dionisotti Durham Jail, prison population approximately 1,000 men -and 35 women. The women are locked up in H Wing, a maximum security unit originally opened for the Train Robbers then closed - for men - on the grounds that it was inhumane and 'unsuitable for long-term imprisonment'. So what kind of woman need to be contained behind three sets of bars under 24-hour electronic surveillance? In this programme, some of them speak for themselves through their writings and their letters.