Imagine a prison with some ten thousand prisoners, many of them dangerous and, to control them, only a few unarmed employees. Small in number, these employees work in shifts. They are almost prisoners themselves, in a routine of tension, but also of humor and emotion. This prison was all too real. While it was in existence, the Carandiru was the largest prison in Latin America, administered by a reduced number of employees. The documentary shows, from the point of view of these few employees, holding the keys, how the prison operated: the delicate balance in the relationship with the prisoners, affinity among employees, moments of tension and, even, of happiness. These are stories told by former employees, among them, Dr. Dráuzio Varella, author of the book Estação Carandiru. These are the secrets of a place that no longer exists.

Dorival, a man in jail, has only one wish: to take a bath. To achieve his objective, he defies the private, the corporal, the sargeant and, finally, the lieutenant in charge of the prison.

Documentary about Attica prison riot and lawsuits to get compensation for the victims of these events.

Documentary about the 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary Riots in which 33 inmates were killed.

A documentary chronicle of the prisoners’ takeover of the Garcia Moreno Penitentiary in Quito, Ecuador. The prisoners find they suddenly have a voice after they take 360 people hostage, and a pattern of abuse and corruption by the guards toward the prisoners becomes clear after lengthy negotiations.

Twenty-five years after the biggest riot in British penal history, this film brings together the ringleaders of the trouble with the prison guards they battled with over three weeks of anarchy that brought Strangeways to its knees. For the first time, these events are told through unparalleled access to the people at the heart of the riot - ex-inmates, prison officers and the governor himself - createing a compelling story of the struggle for power between the authorities and the hardcore prisoners who ultimately took their protest onto the prison roof. The stand-off that followed is documented until the final moments, when the siege was ended in a dramatic takedown in front of rolling news cameras.

Framed for the murder of a record company president in 1952 Hollywood, young, aspiring singer Aggie O'Hanlon is sentenced to life in prison and tries to adjust to her life life behind bars in a hellish womens prison where she is befriended by other "lifer" inmates who help her out when Aggie finds herself marked for murder by an unknown source who thinks she knows more about the murder than she does.

Hickson lived off the books, running from one place to another to make a living. His only great achievement in life had been to win over his wife Jéssika, an evangelical hairdresser and his girlfriend since childhood. The two lead a life without great prospects in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro until Hickson gets a job at an evangelical radio station. With luck, talent and the help of Jessica, he soon becomes a pastor and has a meteoric rise in the church. But with fame and money comes envy. What now Hickson?

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

A veteran policeman named Fernando feels a lot of hatred against Ángel because the boy ran him over with a car leaving him lame. Now Fernando accuses the young crook of having participated in a robbery at a gas station in which a murder has occurred. Helped by his friends, Ángel rebuilds the facts that serve him as an alibi, but while he is in pre-trial detention in La Modelo prison (Barcelona) a terrible mutiny will take place.

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.

Dans le pénitencier d'Etat de l'Arizona, prisonniers blancs et noirs se mêlent. Certains d'entre eux ont réussi à capturer un gardien et à s'emparer de ses clefs. Les détenus libérés délivrent à leur tour leurs camarades. Le personnel de la prison, mis aux arrêts, doit la vie sauve à l'intervention de Cully Briston, un Afro-Américain athlétique, bientôt considéré comme le chef de la révolte. Alors que la rébellion s'organise, un bras de fer s'entame entre les insurgés et les autorités. Ces derniers espèrent avant tout sauver les vies des gardiens, devenus prisonniers. L'ambiance devient peu à peu explosive...

Plusieurs prisonniers de la cellule 11 du centre pénitentiaire de Folsom, Californie, profitent de l'inattention d'un gardien pour lancer une mouvement de révolte contre leurs conditions de détention.

Une jeune femme est accusée à tort d'une attaque de banque et envoyée dans une prison de haute sécurité tenue par des gardiens corrompus...

Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.

1983, Irlande du Nord. Maze est l’une des prisons de haute-sécurité les plus modernes et les mieux gardées d’Europe. Larry Marley élabore un incroyable plan dans le but de s’évader avec ses camarades de l’IRA. Pour réaliser cet exploit, il doit se rapprocher du gardien Gordon Close. Un jeu de manipulation s’installe entre les deux hommes que tout oppose…

Le film retrace la célèbre émeute de la prison d'Attica, qui a eu lieu aux États-Unis en 1971, provocant la mort de dix gardiens et vingt neuf prisonniers.

Une reconstitution des événements tragiques qui ont suivi la rébellion de "Attica Correctional Facility" du 9 septembre 1971 : les résidents exigeant de la meilleure nourriture et des conditions de vie ont pris 38 gardes en otage...

Durant la prohibition, Laurel et Hardy se retrouvent en prison après avoir vendu une bière à un officier de police...

Une jeune fille de 19 ans est condamnée à la prison pour complicité dans un hold-up qui a mal tourné. Son tort est d’avoir accompagné son jeune mari. Celui-ci a été tué. Un malheur n’arrive jamais seul : en arrivant dans la prison, elle apprend qu’elle est enceinte. Rapidement elle va être en butte à la méchanceté de Harper la gardienne en chef qui veut imposer sa loi. Au fur et à mesure que le temps va passer, elle désespère d’obtenir une liberté conditionnelle qui lui permettrait de reprendre une vie honnête et décente et peut-être de retrouver son enfant qui lui a été enlevé. Finalement, elle acceptera de rejoindre le milieu et pourra sortir de prison, mais elle va entamer une carrière criminelle qui sûrement la ramènera en prison.