Tess Uytterhoeven is a Belgian TV producer/editor who has made several Human Interest TV series. She has worked in Belgian prisons during several years. One of the documentary series of which the fourth season is about to be filmed, is called Ooit Vrij. In this series prisoners are portrayed in prison and during their parole procedure to reintegrate into society. It is an honest portrait of various individuals on the verge of a new life.

Another human interest series Tess made about the effects of incarceration is called Justice in Jail. For this project 6 highly placed officials (among whom the Belgian Federal Minister of Justice) who normally decide about the lives of inmates are locked up in prison themselves, together with ex-inmates. The program is a mixture of the reality filmed in prison and in-depth testimonials of the participants in which they reflect on broader themes of imprisonment, such as mental health, drug smuggling, the connection with family, the importance of waiver of guilt, and many more.