Prison Movies

Nehuén Puyelli and his family are of Mapuche origin, Ramón Arce purges the end of a long condemnation, both men cross their destinies...

There are 100,000 US citizens in solitary confinement across the country, a staggering number prompting comment from both President Obama and the...

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

A documentary about juveniles who are serving life in prison without parole and their victims' families.

Two people meet up in jail when they come for monthly visits of their spouses. They fall in love after becoming witnesses to a wedding in jail but...

Twenty male inmates in a Kentucky prison form an unlikely Shakespearean acting troupe.

A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by)...

A film narrated by a prison interview with long-jailed black radical Ojore Lutalo. Ojore touches on many issues, from what prisons are, to why he is...

Fletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are caught up in a hostage situation in the Governor's office.

In a very large prison , 7 of the most important and largest personalities in society. They have an important social character and influence in the...

Former conservative Justice Secretary Ann Widdecombe visits a Norwegian prison that has been described as the most luxurious of its kind.

While Germany sits as one of the major democratic models, an ex-prisoner of the Stasi delivers from his former cell a frightening testimony that...

A short documentary from 1975 about two women serving 25 years in a Missouri penitentiary. Made with an all-female crew.

Patio is the story of individuals whose city, no matter how large it may be, feels similar to a small patio for them.

A doctor is wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison.

A young man is sentenced to prison for a term of eight years, yet he's allowed out if he promises not to get married for those eight years, lest he...

19-year-old Mikko works as a summer guard in a remote Finnish prison. Spending three months in a closed facility with convicts challenges his views...

In order to make some much-needed cash for himself, 65-year-old Portuguese prison inmate Eugenio impersonates a young woman and begins a romantic...

America is the world's largest jailer and our over-burdened corrections system treats individuals as numbers. I COME FROM focuses on incarcerated...

Julián finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance, with fellow...