Torture in Stammheim prison

When a law enforcement officer unravels the cells on the seventh floor of the prison tower, he makes a discovery that will affect politics and the judiciary, the press and the public for decades.

Genshu Hanayagi: Prison Diary II

Hanayagi Genshu, who spent a winter in Tochihara Women's Prison due to an injury to the Hanayagi style Iemoto, is allowed to be paroleed. In Asakusa, she reunited with her prison companion, Sayoko Nakano. Genshu, Sayoko,

Women's Prison for Torture

Shocking scenes are revealed in the Nagasaki Women's prison.

Injo Shuuyoujo 2: Prison Harlem

Second action erotic female prisoner in the prison scene was ruled by violence and the whip. Southern girl escaped out of the wall multiplied by a riot. But in vain would later be captured by a desperate fugitive. Was wa

Prison Letters Ep. 2: Black Sheep

Annabelle, a young aspiring ballet dancer, longs to fit in and overcome the bullies she’s facing at school. After receiving positive advice from a kind and caring stranger, she learns to stand up for herself and is final

The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo

The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo is a 1999 American short documentary film directed by Simeon Soffer. It focuses primarily on the inmates experiences in the rodeo. For a lot of those prisoners, the

Untitled Prison-Break Horror Project

A group of female inmates attempt to break out of prison and in the process discover a secret room that unleashes a dark presence in the facility.

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.

War on Drugs: The Prison Industrial Complex

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 fight

At Folsom Prison with Dr. Timothy Leary

At Folsom Prison with Dr. Timothy Leary is an extraordinary counterculture document, filmed during Leary’s incarceration there. Under 30 minutes in length, this 1973 film shows Leary at his most engaging and personable.

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

Part 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves.

Extreme Consequences: The Reality of Prison Life

A compelling look at the choices that lead to incarceration and the reality of being locked up in Pelican Bay State Prison.

Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil

Prison Break of Great Song

Women's Prison

The film recounts the life of the prisoners and the problems their families encounter in their struggle to survive. Here again filmmaker Kamran Shirdel employs the cinema verité style. The interviews with the prisoners,

Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder

Across the United States, violent crime in prison is an everyday reality, with inmates routinely exposed to assault, riot, rape and murder. Anatomy of a Prison Murder examines the culture of institutional violence throug

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

This is the sixth film in the "Abashiri Series," based on an original idea by Hajime Ito, and written and directed by Teruo Ishii of "Operation Big Bad" fame. The film was shot by Kiichi Inada, who also worked with Ito.

Riot in a Women's Prison

This film traces the prison life of a group of women who-rather than being prepared to reenter society-are brought to the limits of depravity. Martine, wrongly imprisoned will bear the scars of a prison system wrongly ba

The World's Most Luxurious Prison

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

Marguerite Duras and the Prison Governess

During this strange and confrontational interview, Duras takes on France’s only female prison warden. In the women’s verbal wrangling we find reflected many contemporary concerns surrounding the ongoing moral disaster of