Upon release from the penitentiary, Phillip Whitney tells his friend, Bennie, that he is going straight, and visits his lawyer brother John. Phillip looks up to John and while incarcerated maintained contact with him through a continental mailing agency. As John has no idea he was in prison, Phillip tells him that he has just returned from Japan.

A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of crime?

Australia, 1831. L'elegante e nobile irlandese Charles Adare, in cerca di fortuna, giunge a Sydney dove incontra un banchiere e un ricco imprenditore, Sam Flusky, disposto a prestargli denaro per l'acquisto di terreni. Charles riconosce nella moglie di lui Henrietta, un'aristocratica irlandese. Henrietta è depressa e alcolizzata. Malgrado il grande amore per suo marito le differenze sociali, gli interessi, le abitudini così diverse hanno logorato i loro rapporti e il matrimonio è in crisi.

Magdalena and Michael have loved each other since they were children. But when the Nazis come to power, Michael rebels against the regime and is sentenced to fifteen years in a concentration camp. Magdalena, meanwhile, goes underground with the help of a friend and later immigrates to the Soviet Union. Michael, who has joined the Red Army, discovers on the way to Moscow that Magdalena is staying there. But when his plane lands, she is already on her way back to Germany. Michael hopes that one day, he and Magdalena will be reunited.

Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his employer, a woman of another social class.

A story depicting the life of executed murderer and gang leader, Marciál "Baby" Ama. Ama, who became a gang leader with his prison mob while serving a sentence for lesser charges, was executed for murder at the age of 16 via electric chair on 4 October 1961.

Maria si sposa nel 1943 e il marito parte subito per il fronte, dove viene dato per disperso. Per sopravvivere nella Germania sconfitta, Maria inizia una relazione con un americano, che viene ucciso in circostanze poco chiare al ritorno del marito. Questi si fa arrestare per salvare Maria, che seduce l'industriale Oswald diventando ricca e potente. Secondo un accordo tra i due uomini, alla morte di Oswald la donna tornerà con il marito....

Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.

A look beyond the shock and inhumanity of prison rape to the intricate social hierarchy that keeps it alive. A filmmaker goes deep inside Alabama's infamous Limestone penitentiary to uncover the long-term causes and consequences of prison rape. With a startling lack of inhibition, five inmates reveal the workings of an elaborate inner society.

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.

"Tre Dita" e la sua famiglia di cannibali sono tornati per dar vita ad una nuova caccia all'uomo. Ambientato tra le impervie foreste del West Virginia, gli spietati mangiauomini prendono di mira dei giovani escursionisti e un gruppo di pericolosi assassini, evasi dopo lo schianto del bus che li trasportava. Chi sopravvivrà a questo bagno di angue?

Juan Olivier è un secondino alle prime armi che ha la sfortuna di iniziare il nuovo lavoro in un carcere di massima sicurezza lo stesso giorno in cui scoppia una rivolta tra i carcerati. Coinvolto dal capriccio del destino in queste tragiche circostanze, Juan deve sfruttare al massimo la sua risorsa più preziosa: l'intelligenza. Decide di fingersi a sua volta un detenuto per cercare di indirizzare la rivolta nella direzione più utile a riguadagnare la libertà. In questa situazione però, si rende conto anche di essere tutt'altro che l'uomo timido, fragile e di buone maniere che aveva sempre pensato di essere. Scopre che per sopravvivere sull'orlo di un abisso si è davvero disposti a tutto...

Il capitano Roberto Nascimento viene promosso a capo dell'intelligence militare, mentre l'ufficiale Matias lo sostituisce al comando del BOPE, la squadra speciale che opera nel difficile scenario delle favelas brasiliane.

A family has a hard time tying to stay together, because murder seems to be in their blood, and a their favorite type of gathering is a massacre.

Sarajevo, rush hour. Emir (15), accompanied by a social worker, is on his way to meet his father Safet for a weekend picnic at Igman, a semi-open penitentiary. Due to the heavy traffic they are late...

The soulless atmosphere of a women's penitentiary destroys the prisoners' personality, kills all femininity in them. The film looks at the rationality of the long prison terms for women with children.