Minimum Security (Surveillant !): what age is it for? 10 alone, 9 with a parent
10 alone, 9 with a parent.
In France, zinema would say 10.
Where to watch itWhere to watch
- Included withWith a subscriptionHulu · Disney Plus
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Alone, or with you
Alone from 10; from 9, with an adult or by talking about it afterwards.
The sweet spot: around 11-14, when you start laughing at clumsy adults and wondering what a second chance really means. Why a sweet spot?
The trailer
What it's about
Corinne runs Chénoise prison with her unlikely team: By-the-book Jeff, JP who's always been closer to inmates than colleagues, and rookie Stéphanie.
Why 10
- Our readingNot rated in the US. We say 10: A French comedy set in a prison: frequent swearing, scuffles and threats played for laughs, inmates who smoke, sometimes cannabis. No violence or intimacy is shown: ten on their own, nine with an adult.reading
- Frequent swearingPeople swear a lot, especially in a few episodes, in French: the everyday bad words of adults at work. Nothing very crude.
- Prison, played for laughsScuffles, shouted threats, a riot squad in full gear: it is all played for comedy, and nobody really gets hurt. Crimes and deaths are talked about, never shown.
- Drugs and cigarettesInmates smoke, sometimes cannabis in their cells, and drugs come up in conversation as a fact of prison life.
- A few innuendosSome suggestive jokes and a few kisses, nothing shown.
What the series brings
- A gallery of funny characters who get things wrong and try again.
- A first, light-hearted look at what prison is and at the idea of a second chance.
Watching it together
You might say that the show makes fun of prison, but real prison is much harder.
at 10 and up
Do you think, like Corinne, that prison can make people better?
Season by season
the reading per season, episode by episode · expand
Season 1 · 8 episodes, 26 min on average · zinema reading 10, 9 with a parent · France 10
8 episodes out of 8 at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:
| Episode | What's in it |
|---|---|
| 1 · Punish, always punish | Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 78% of the episode. |
| 2 · Ball for the prison guards | Deaths told; a lot of swearing; and a lot of laughs, 88% of the episode. |
| 3 · Full-scale search | Some swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 72% of the episode. |
| 4 · Leave Permit | Some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 82% of the episode. |
| 5 · Parmigiano | Deaths told; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 61% of the episode. |
| 6 · Merry Christmas | Some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 83% of the episode. |
| 7 · The Bars of Anger | Deaths told; frightening images; scary music; a lot of swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 56% of the episode. |
| 8 · Corinne and Corinne | Some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 63% of the episode. |
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A zinema reading from September 30, 2026 · the 8 episodes of season 1, watched one by one · the age by zinema's rules for the US and France, and a human reading · report an error · how this guide is made