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Showing 1 - 10 of 33 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
Beyond Bars
Son of Weather Underground activists imprisoned when he was a baby, Chesa Boudin's journey from a childhood shaped by incarceration to a reformist DA fighting for restorative justice is a story of trauma, resilience and hope
GOOD DOCS | 2023 | 98 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
