Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
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.
- Director: Jon Alpert
- Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
- Actors: N/A
