Tag: Prison
Behind Bars
Louis Theroux talks to prison guards about an incident on death row. Great short video from BBC show Louis Theroux - Behind Bars. Contains...
Young Kids, Hard Time (Director’s Cut)
Director's Cut. The YIA cellblock is home to 53 kids who are rarely permitted to leave the unit, due to the dangers posed by...
Murder, Mayhem, and Meditation
America is locking up more people than any other nation on earth. Home to just 5 percent of the world's total population, the United...
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. Gladiator Days:...
Inside Burma: Land of Fear
Burma, also known as Myanmar, has long been shrouded in secrecy and oppression. The Southeast Asian country has been under military rule for decades,...
Aryan Brotherhood
An outgrowth of the racial desegregation of the late 1960s, the Aryan Brotherhood had its origins in American prisons. But as the decades passed,...
Hard Time: Worst of the Worst
When it comes to the criminal justice system, there are few places as challenging and harsh as the prison within a prison. These facilities,...
Locked Up Warriors
Although New Zealand is one of the most peaceful countries in the entire world, it happens to have one of the highest imprisonment rates...
Cruel And Unusual: Transgender Women in Prison
In the heart-wrenching documentary "Cruel and Unusual," directors Janet Baus and Dan Hunt unveil the harsh realities faced by transgender women incarcerated in the...
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
In the dark recesses of recent history lies a chapter that continues to haunt the collective conscience – the prisoner abuse scandal at Abu...
