What are some good documentaries about prison life?
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May 2nd, 2011
I’m more interested in American prisons, but other countries work as well.
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You can see what you might find to your liking at this site. All viewable online for free. I connected you with the search results for “Prison”.
Lockdown isn’t a documentary, but a series where they take you inside of multiple prisons and give you a feel for the different nuances within each.
Louis Theroux is the man for documentaries in strange places!
Here is his ‘Louis Theroux, Behind Bars’ in which he visits and talks with prisoners from San Quentin.
It’s an hour long, split into 4 parts on youtube. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIfXg0dKIvM
(links for part2,3,4 on the right hand side)
National Geographic has a bunch of documentaries about prison life and prison gangs, even about solitary confinement. As far as I know, most or all of them are available on instant on Netflix.
As @seekingwolf said, there are heaps of docos about prison life in the US on Foxtel (cable I think you call it).
Aleksandr Solzhenitsen wrote an amazing book about it.
Locked up! I love that show, it’s on msnbc I think, but i know netflix has it.
They also have Locked up abroad.
O. Henry? Or did he just write in jail… or am I thinking of e.e. cummings?
60 Days in, this series puts 7–10 volunteers in a prison as undercover inmates. The first season is great but I’d skip to the Atlanta series, that where it really gets intense and interesting
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