Shot on location in cities across the U.S., Jail follows prison inmates from their initial booking through their first moments behind bars.
This article is about people named Ellen. For other uses, see Ellen (disambiguation). Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor and Helen. Ellen is the 666th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden (2004). People named Ellen include: Ellen AlakÃ¼la (1927â2011), Estonian actress.
Maryellen, sometimes written as Mary Ellen, is an English combination name. Mary Ellen Wilson, or Mary Ellen Connolly, was a young girl in New York whose abuse by her adopted parents lead to the foundation of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. It was the first organization of its kind.