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.
Genres: Documentary
Directors: Jon Alpert, Nina Rosenblum
Writers: Nina Rosenblum
Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/lock-up-prisoners-of-rikers-island
IMDB: tt0113684