
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