Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

1994
7.6| 1h15m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 01 January 1994 Released
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Country: United States of America
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Official Website: https://www.hbo.com/movies/lock-up-prisoners-of-rikers-island
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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.

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Documentary

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Jon Alpert, Nina Rosenblum

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Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island Audience Reviews

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.