'Prisoner release is only a short-term solution'

Overcrowding problems at Barlinnie Prison's are not likely to disappear due to erly release and the building of new prisons.

‘Exodus,’ Oscar Contender About Two Women Released From Long Prison Terms, Asks “What Comes After Freedom?”

The Oscar-contending short film 'Exodus,' directed by Nimco Sheikhaden, follows two women released from prison and asks "What ...
Yahoo

Prison-Set Documentary ‘Daughters’ To Close Inaugural San Quentin Film Festival, First Cinematic Festival Ever Held Behind Bars

EXCLUSIVE: Daughters, the award-winning Netflix documentary set behind the walls of a Washington DC prison, will serve as the closing night selection of a new film festival taking place at ...
ABC News

From prison to the finish line: Documentary chronicles marathon runner's journey

"It gets amazing [the] more and more I see it," Markelle Taylor said. When Markelle Taylor served time in San Quentin Prison, he said he found himself when he joined the prison's 1000 Mile Club ...
The Washington Post

Let the prison documentary ‘Daughters’ make you a puddle of tears

“Daughters” is not your standard prison documentary. An intimate and deeply moving look at the program Date With Dad, which since 2008 has united incarcerated fathers with their daughters for a ...
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Joint prison committee meets for first time since ‘The Alabama Solution’ documentary

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new HBO documentary is bringing national attention to the problems behind Alabama’s prison walls, and it was topic of discussion in the state legislature’s joint prison ...