Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Jon Alpert
- Release Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 75 minutes
- Genre
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (6 votes)
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