Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

January. 01,1994      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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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Reviews

Nonureva
1994/01/01

Really Surprised!

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Frances Chung
1994/01/02

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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Zandra
1994/01/03

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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Janis
1994/01/04

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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