The Magdalene Sisters

The Magdalene Laundries, in Ireland, served as virtual prisons for young women. More

In the latter half of the twentieth century, institutions run by Roman Catholic nuns could amount to virtual prisons for young women. Some spent their entire adult lives in these places. They were called the Magdalene Laundries, and they were in Ireland. THE MAGDALENE SISTERS chronicles the lives of three Dublin girls living in the Laundries.

AIR DATE 8/21/03