![Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lig49xZusaADQOMOtooebPWwJnv.jpg)
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.
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Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 1994
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
52%
Original Title
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
Director
Jon Alpert
Description
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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