- Title: Cutting Edge: Glasshouse
- Date: 28th November 1994
- Summary: WHEN MEMBERS IF BRITAIN'S ARMED FORCES BREAK MILITARY LAW, THEY ARE SENT TO A DETENTION CENTRE KNOWN AS THE GLASSHOUSE. THE NICKNAME COMES FROM THE OLD-STYLE MILITARY PRISONS AND CORRECTIVE TRAINING CENTRES. TODAY THE ONLY GLASSHOUSE IS OUTSIDE COLCHESTER ADN IT HOUSES UNDER GUARD 300 MEN AND WOMEN WHO AHEV FALLEN FOUL OF THE ARMY, NAVY OR AIRFORCE DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM - THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE IS TWO YEARS, MOST ARE THERE FOR A FEW MONTHS. THE GLASSHOUSE REGIME IS SAID TO BE THE TOUGHEST AND MOST STRICT OF ANY CORRECTIVE TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT. MOST WHO GO THERE NEVER RETURN FOR A SEECOND VISIT. THEY FACE A RELENTLESS DAILY ROUTINE OF MILITARY DRILL & KIT INSPECTIONS. BUT THE SYSTEM REWARDS THOSE WHO CO-OPERATE AS MUCH AS IT PUNISHED THOSE WHO BUCK IT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A TV DOCUMENTARY CREW HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO FILM INSIDE THE GLASSHOUSE. THE RESULT IS A REMARKABLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE CAMP'S COMMANDANT DESCRIBES AS A 'LONG HARD SHOCK'.
- Description:RESEARCH TO FINALISE EXCLUSIVE ACCESS INSIDE THE MILITARY PENAL SYSTEM.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:MENTORN BARRACLOUGH CAREY PRODUCTIONS
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:28/11/1994
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s