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Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

5.2/10

1hr 15mins

Country:US

1994

Documentary
Spoken Languages: English

Overview:

If you're arrested in New York City and can't make bail, you'll be sent to Rikers Island -- a mammoth holding facility for 17,000 men and women awaiting trial. TV journalist Jon Alpert spent ten months filming there, coming away with a graphic and unblinking portrait of life inside America's largest jail complex, including a moving look at the human faces behind the statistics.

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

Genre

Documentary

Runtime

1hr 15mins

Rating

5.2/10

Release Date

1994-01-01