Locked Up Abroad (2007– )
4/10
It is well produced and a fun watch, however the ex-cons are all liars as I discovered searching them
9 August 2023
The series is entertaining and fast-paced enough and it keeps you watching the editing and producing job would get a 10/10 from me, if it weren't for the fact that the stories are all lies and, as expected, the "poor me I didn't do it, I was conned into transporting drugs" prisoners are all liars as expected.

A new one is starting right now I see on the screen it says 'parts of the story have been dramatized for television' and it's a pity that they resort to complete alterations and complete reworking of the truth for entertainment purposes. I thought that would simply mean that the recreations have more scary parts in so far as the murders taking place in jail but it's much worse than that.

Case in point, the story of the Irish woman who calls herself Zoe here but her real name is rosin, and claims to have had one daughter with a woman, when in fact her ex-husband reported in the press that Zoe abandoned their two sons born many years before her "daughter". Also in her story, it was claimed that she escaped on a day release and they made it very dramatic and compelling story, however nothing could have been further from the truth: as reported in the Irish newspapers articles which I just read, the Irish government secured her release via the Consulate in Ecuador, as long as her sentence was finished in Ireland, which she failed to report here. I mean what kind of backwards country would allow prisoners daily releases?! I only recently started watching this show, I do not know if all the stories are like that, but I find it very interesting that all the women are all in relationships with other women. It's kind of feels like it's claiming that if you are one you'll end up in jail but whatever.
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