Movie Description

Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

(1994)

Overview

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.

Posters

Facts

Original TitleLock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1994-01-01

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 15m

Homepagehttps://www.hbo.com/movies/lock-up-prisoners-of-rikers-island

Genres

  • Documentary