Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himse...

An uncompromising and brutal story of life in Borstal, a British juvenile offender institution in the 1970s.

The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decades. Today, nearly 500,000 Americans are imprisoned on drug charges. In 1980 the number was 50,000. Last year $40 billion in taxpayer dollars were spent in fighting the war on drugs. As a result of the incarceration obsession, the United States operates the largest prison syste...

A dirty corrections officer gets involved in a murder plot involving one of the inmates.

Phillip Schuman's women-in-prison film is an account of a group of female prisoners who decide to organize a variety show.