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Locked Up Abroad

Yes, I watch a lot of criminal justice themed TV in my "vegging out" downtime on the couch.One of the ones I;m loving right now is Locked Up Abroad on Nat Geo.Here's the premise: Regular Joes (and Josies) , whether American, Canadian, British, whatever, get locked up in other countries. Hence, the name.Most of them agreed to smuggle something. One time it was diamonds, but most of the time it's drugs.Then they get caught. And go to jail. (Like I said, hence, the name.)I was really hooked on the show when I started wondering what about it I found so compelling. I mean, I don't watch Cops, what makes this so different?There are a few reasons.First, most of the time, these aren't desperately poor people. That would be sad. Instead, they're middle class and at least somewhat educated...continue to full post

Full post as published by Blonde Justice on August 02, 2009 (boomark / email).