The show depicts prisons as places characterised by violence and isolation, with no focus on rehabilitation. It’s depressingly accurateAlex South is a former prison officer and the author of the memoir Behind These DoorsThe new series of Time is not an easy watch. The opening seconds of Jimmy McGovern’s prison drama show a normal woman on a normal bus, as it drives up a normal road. But to the right of that road is a huge concrete wall, topped with barbed wire and CCTV cameras.The wall is only partly visible, just as prisons themselves tend to occupy a space towards the very edges of our thoughts. They exist, but not as part of normal life. But McGovern’s drama shows just how permeable that wall is.Alex South is a former prison officer and the author of the memoir Behind These Doors Continue reading...