Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

1994TV-MA75 min7.7/10

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:Documentaries

Director:Jon Alpert, Nina Rosenblum

Production Country:United States

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Added to HBO Max:March 1, 2014