5.5Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island · 1994
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island (1994) is a Documentary / TV Movie film directed by Jon Alpert.
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5.5Overview
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.
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What is "Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island" about?
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.
When was "Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island" released?
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island was released in 1994.
