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Showing 1 - 10 of 30 titles with a criteria of Subject is Penology
America's Brutal Prisons
Exposes the violence occurring inside prisons throughout America, where prisoners are routinely abused, even tortured, by prison guards.
Icarus Films | 2005 | 48 minutes
And So I Stayed
The stories of incarcerated abuse survivors fighting for their lives shows how the legal system gets domestic violence wrong
GOOD DOCS | 2021 | 91 minutes
Being Michelle
A deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse uses her artwork to depict the trauma and heal from her past.
GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 80 minutes
Being Michelle (French Version)
A deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse uses her artwork to depict the trauma and heal from her past.
GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 80 minutes
Being Michelle (Spanish Version)
A deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse uses her artwork to depict the trauma and heal from her past.
GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 80 minutes
Belly of the Beast
Filmed over seven years with extraordinary access and intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated people, this Emmy-winning documentary exposes a pattern of illegal sterilizations, modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons.
Women Make Movies | 2020 | 81 minutes
The Dhamma Brothers
An overcrowded maximum-security prison is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program.
Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 76 minutes
Exodus
Diana Ortiz spent over half her life in prison for a crime she committed when she was a teenager. Now 45, she has turned her life around and works to help other inmates rebuild their lives.
MediaStorm | 2010 | 9 minutes
Fight Hate With Love
Prison-survivor and activist Michael Ta’Bon leads a one-man movement in his community to help other young men avoid the revolving door of the prison system he’s been trapped in since he was a teen.
MediaStorm | 2017 | 79 minutes
Girls on the Wall
The teenage girls of Warrenville Prison are getting a shot at redemption in a most unlikely form: a musical based on their lives. As three fascinating inmates write and stage their play, they're compelled to re-live their crimes, reclaim their humanity and take a first step toward breaking free of the prison system.
Sincerely Films | 2009 | 61 minutes
