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Showing 1 - 10 of 21 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Penology
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
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
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
The Grey Area: Feminism Behind Bars
THE GREY AREA is an intimate look at women’s issues in the criminal justice system and the unique experience of studying feminism behind bars. Through a series of captivating class discussions, headed by students from Grinnell College, a small group of female inmates at a maximum women’s security prison in Mitchellville, Iowa, share their diverse experiences with motherhood, drug addiction, sexual abuse, murder, and life in prison. The women, along with their teachers, explore the “grey area” that is often invisible within the prison walls and delve into issues of race, class, sexuality and gender.
Women Make Movies | 2012 | 65 minutes
The Guantanamo Trap
The Guantanamo Trap tells the stories of four people whose lives have been irrevocably changed by the Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre.
First Hand Films | 2011 | 92 minutes
Guilty Until Proven Guilty
Explores Louisiana’s criminal justice system through the story of Tim Conerly, a young African-American man who was arrested in the wake of an armed robbery in New Orleans and waited 28 months for a trial for a crime he says he did not commit.
First Run Features | 2018 | 52 minutes
An Hour From the Middle of Nowhere
In the Deep South, the lives of an immigration attorney, a community, and a family intertwine in the shadow of one of the largest immigration detention prisons in the United States.
Collective Eye Films | 2023 | 83 minutes
