Jail Movies

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...

For decades, the United States has been fixated on incarceration, building prisons and locking up more and more people. But at what cost, and has it...

A young woman tries to make a documentary about women who have relatives in prison, but she finds difficulties trying to get the testimonials.

The internal journey of eight men, who, through a theater workshop, go through the different prisons they inhabit. Practicing the art of seeing...

Set in the dry zone of Sri Lanka, Suddi is married to a notorious criminal in the village, Romiel. Convicted for a murder Romiel is jailed. Miserable...

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

Omar and Pete are determined to change their lives. Both have been in and out of prison for more than 30 years — never out longer than six...

Documentary about the "cárcel vieja" of Murcia

One of the Three Kings and Santa Claus spend Christmas in jail, talking about what their future will be like in a world like this.

Following an order of the landowner, the bride of Arsena’s fellow villager gets kidnapped and the bride’s father is relentlessly flogged....

Alexander Birgukov shot and killed his two commanding officers. He was sentenced to death but when it was alleged that one of his victims had...