Results for Stories That Investigate The Consequences Of The American Prison System
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A series of interconnected vignettes and characters explores themes of race, incarceration, family, heartbreak, and love.
A man incarcerated for murder navigates his time behind bars and his reintroduction to the world after being released.
A large factory is shut down in a small town in Illinois, and the town's residents face a sudden economic depression — until a prison is built where the factory had been, invigorating the economy but bringing along with it unintended consequences.
A man imprisoned for murdering his brother drifts between his visiting wife, his memories of life outside, and his friends in prison as he struggles to find meaning in his captivity -- in everyone's captivity.
A deputy warden gives a tour of a prison.
A homeless man in the Southern US is accused of a crime he didn't commit. As he goes through the conviction process, he learns about the ugly truths of the American justice system and its need to punish outcasts.
A man in the prison system figures out his talent.
A father witnesses fish floating in mid-air for nearly a minute on the lake near his home, and suspects strange goings on in the mountain just beyond it. When his son mysteriously vanishes from prison without a trace, the father endeavors into the mountain to get answers.
After his cellmate and sexual partner leaves for parole, an inmate forms a new relationship and moves into a room with three other men, but he struggles to adapt to this new life, which involves a whole new set of expectations.
On a scorching summer's day in a small town, prisoners comb through a field in order to find the body of a dead girl.