TORONTO — CBC today announced its podcast lineup for spring 2021 will include two new original series — Life Jolt and A Death in Cryptoland, launching April 27 and May 25, respectively. Life Jolt, prison slang for a life sentence, provides a powerful look at the realities of life inside a women’s prison. For this nine-episode series, the production team gained unprecedented access to Grand Valley Institution for Women, a federal penitentiary in Kitchener, Ont. Individual women’s stories explore a wide range of issues including parenting behind bars, segregation, the over-representation of Indigenous women, addiction, trauma and the many obstacles...
