Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island poster
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island poster

Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

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.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 aw... Read more

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It's a crime and documentary movie, and has a rating of 7.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.

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