Anyone watching Holloway?

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Looks like it might be interesting.

Yup,looks a scary place eh?

I don't think I'd last 5 minutes!

Terrifying - that poor girl. What a life.

I have just started watching this on my sky+, its very interesting.

It's v sad

a lot of their problems come down to mental health, don't they

I feel so sad for Chloe

Very sad for Chloe but glad she is getting help now. I hope she overcomes her problems.

Oh gutted im missed it. what side was it on so i can watch in on the internet. thanks

I saw May on This Morning actually, she came across well but seemed in a bad situation still - homeless etc.

Does anyone know if the first episode will be repeated? I really wanted to watch it.

It was ITV.

it's appalling that chloe was just going to be released without anywhere to go to, system is crazy. no wonder she ended back in holloway.

the other addict girl was just a prat, why oh why was she given all that money??

I thought this programme was brilliant and gutted that it was a one of, I think that they could have got a few episodes out of there.

Chloe needs some serious help- very sad.

I think it is a three part documentary actually so you should be able to catch it next week

Oh is it? I didnt see a trailer at the end so just it was a one-off.

Here you go

blogs.mirror.co.uk/mirror-images/2009/03/holloway---the-itv-series.html

what a god awful place - i couldnt cope in there.

i was looking forward to this just sounded interesting. I would absoloutely s**t myself in there! do feel sorry for some of them but in a way it is their own fort, but i supose it is hard to say from my point of view seeing as im nt n drugs or know what its like to be on them. And aswell fancy the screws giving that girl £160 when she left what do they fink shes gonna go and spend it on der!

I thought the gift of cash was a bit unwise too. It shows a distinct lack of 'joined up thinking'.

If she'd been given vouchers etc though she'd have found a way of exchanging them for cash. It's impossible to help to support a drug addict financially as they will spend every penny on the drugs.

I was thinking about that too and wondered if it would have worked more effectively if she had been made to collect the cash from her probation officer and maybe not in a lump sum.

If she is to get that amount of money each time she is released from prison I'm not surprised she doesn't mind going back inside!

I thought that giving them cash was just plain stupid, and also with Chloe, why didn't they remover everything from her room to stop the repeated self harm attempts ?

My thoughts exactly! They seemed to be of the thinking that she had deeper problems and those problems were not something that concerned them. It wasn't their job. I felt really sorry for Chloe, IMO she needed specialist help in a specialised centre.

And after the meeting with the guy who listed what she would need on the outside, a waterproof coat, thermal socks, oh, and a one man tent and ground sheet, I'm not surprised she kicked off! I wonder where exactly he expected she would pitch her one man tent, safely and without being moved on by the police.

There is a girl who ties ligatures etc constantly where I am working on placement at the moment. Her bed is stripped, nothing in her room at all to be made into a potential ligature.

I was amazed to see Chloe surrounded by various blankets and sheets.

i did too wonder why they left the sheets and blankets in her room,felt so sad for her to not be loved or cared for by anyone