Solitary Nation ~ Prison State
Locked Up in America: Solitary Nation and Prison State DVD (2014)
Documentary
DVD, 150 minutes
Languages:
English
Country:
U.S.
Director:
Dan Edge
Writer:
Dan Edge
Producer:
Dan Edge
Personal notes
Prisons -- United StatesPrisons -- Kentucky
Prisons -- Maine
Solitary confinement -- United States
Solitary confinement -- Maine
Recidivism -- United States
Prisoners -- United States
Plot outline
Two Frontline episodes on the American penal system. Solitary nation looks at life in solitary confinement in Maine's maximum security prison. Prison state addresses the problem of mass incarceration in America, focusing on four residents of a Louisville, Kentucky housing project as they cycle in and out of the state's prison system
Plots
- For decades, the United States has been fixated on incarceration, building prisons and locking up more and more people. But at what cost, and has it really made a difference? FRONTLINE goes to the epicenter of the raging debate about incarceration in America, focusing on the controversial practice of solitary confinement and on new efforts to reduce the prison population, as officials are rethinking what to do with criminals.