Jail Movies

Hear from the prosecutors who handled Susan Smith's case and why authorities doubted her story from the beginning. The boys' father, David Smith, talk...

North Philadelphia, PA – Kev, El and Andy are three men united by one struggle: they are trying to defy gravity. As part of the 700,000 prisoners rele...

Brindisi, Italy: a focal point in cigarette smuggling. The director returns to her hometown to see what's left of the past and what lies in store for...

Don Luis Valdez is a luthier of traditional music instruments, who embarks on the task of teaching a group of inmates from the "Santiago 1" prison (Ch...

Alexander Birgukov shot and killed his two commanding officers. He was sentenced to death but when it was alleged that one of his victims had sexually...

An animated short film from 1987 that deals with the incarceration of a man in a dark cell from where there is no escape.

For decades, the United States has been fixated on incarceration, building prisons and locking up more and more people. But at what cost, and has it r...

Omar and Pete are determined to change their lives. Both have been in and out of prison for more than 30 years — never out longer than six months. Thi...

A short documentary from 1975 about two women serving 25 years in a Missouri penitentiary. Made with an all-female crew.

Upcoming animated adaption of the popular Roblox game Jailbreak.

A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a young Muslim man in Detroit, Michigan: to get by, he...