Fan Casting Penelope Diaz in Behind Concrete Walls

Occupation: Prison Physician Marital Status: Married She grew up in Miami in a middle-class family. Her father was a surgeon and her mother was a high-school counselor. She followed her father into medicine but eventually chose family medicine rather than surgery. After years working in a community clinic, Penelope accepted a position in corrections because she believed incarcerated people deserved competent medical care. She has spent more than a decade at Blackridge and has developed a reputation for treating inmates with dignity regardless of their crimes.