lesley steele

Role: Producer, Director

Website: nikkojenkinsdoc

Development Proposal: Treatment

An investigative feature documentary that unravels the intricate story of Nikko Allen Jenkins, a death row inmate at Tecumseh State Correctional in Nebraska. Through a series of introspective phone interviews from prison, the documentary unfolds Jenkins' life story and the events leading to his imprisonment, while offering an investigative examination of the State of Nebraska's correctional system.

It probes into the state's handling of mental health care and the use of solitary confinement, casting a critical eye on the contentious choice to reintegrate Jenkins into the community without sufficient rehabilitation support after his incarceration which started when he was just 16 years old and spanned over a decade.