History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation
The daily life of the prison communities: backbreaking labour, brutality and abuse, relentless routines, gang warfare, and the constant struggle for survival. It will cast a new light on our contemporary system of imprisonment whilst revealing our changing attitudes to crime over the ages. In a time of credit crunch and economic crisis, Piers eye-opening exploration of debt will show how 300 years ago punishments did not necessarily fit the crime.
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History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
May 17, 2009
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Documentary, History
Original Title
History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation
Director
David Wilson
Description
The daily life of the prison communities: backbreaking labour, brutality and abuse, relentless routines, gang warfare, and the constant struggle for survival. It will cast a new light on our contemporary system of imprisonment whilst revealing our changing attitudes to crime over the ages. In a time of credit crunch and economic crisis, Piers eye-opening exploration of debt will show how 300 years ago punishments did not necessarily fit the crime.
