What is it like to give birth ? and then be forced to say goodbye to your baby 24 hours later?

To most mothers, it’s a scenario that’s unimaginable. But it’s reality for the dozens of pregnant women behind bars in any given year at Alabama’s notorious Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women.

Tutwiler ,? a documentary short from FRONTLINE and The Marshall Project, offers a powerful and unforgettable window into the lives of incarcerated pregnant women ? and what happens to their newborns.

Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon ( Heroin(e), Recovery Boys ) and reported and produced by The Marshall Project’s Alysia Santo, Tutwiler began streaming online on May 6, 2020. An updated version aired on FRONTLINE in a two-part special along with Two Strikes ? which examines a little-known “two-strikes” law in Florida ? on Sept. 5, 2023.