Redemption Hill
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Redemption Hill was a New Zealand
reality series that followed 10 teenagers identified as being likely to enter a life of crime. The teenagers were selected from a call for participants throughout New Zealand, many nominated by their parents
Redemption Hill involved a course of discipline and adventure activities, as organised by a "warden" (Steve Boxer). It also involved time behind bars in Napier prison, which was decommissioned in 1993 and subsequently turned into a tourist attraction.
The show was filmed on location at Napier Prison, New Zealand's oldest prison.
On the 28 July 2009, Jesse Young died following an accident where he was hit by a motor vehicle.
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reality series that followed 10 teenagers identified as being likely to enter a life of crime. The teenagers were selected from a call for participants throughout New Zealand, many nominated by their parents
Redemption Hill involved a course of discipline and adventure activities, as organised by a "warden" (Steve Boxer). It also involved time behind bars in Napier prison, which was decommissioned in 1993 and subsequently turned into a tourist attraction.
The show was filmed on location at Napier Prison, New Zealand's oldest prison.
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A year since the show ended, teen Aaron Mark Lambert was killed in a high speed crash in his home town of Hamilton, just before midnight on 20 April 2007.On the 28 July 2009, Jesse Young died following an accident where he was hit by a motor vehicle.