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  1. Prisons Progress (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Law
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min.

    Examines the development of the Prison Service, looking at prison reform, the bringing of prisons under the Prison Commission’s control in 1878, and the 1949 Criminal Justice Act, which ushered in a more...

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  2. Women in Prison (1964 Film)

    Director
    Stephen Peet
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Women’s prisons in Britain: Holloway, Askham Grange open prison and Styal semi-secure prison showing prisoners, warders and life in prison with comments by some of the people involved.*

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  3. Real Little Dorrit, The: Charles Dickens and Debtors Prisons

    David Thomas examines the reality behind Charles Dickens’ fiction, using records from the National Archives as he explains what Victorian debtors’ prisons were really like and how accurate Dickens’...

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  4. Jailed for a Knife (2009)

    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £195.00

    At least 34 teenagers were stabbed to death UK during 2008. In just a decade, the number sentenced for carrying a knife has risen ten-fold. In this programme, Panorama’s Raphael Rowe goes inside prisons to...

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  5. Tasting Freedom (1994 Video)

    Director
    Ken Fero
    Producer
    Ken Fero
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1994 hire: £20.00 1994 sale: £40.00

    Follows the struggles of asylum seekers in Britain for recognition of their basic human rights and investigates abuses on asylum seekers in detention centre and prisons. Documents the growing number of...

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  6. Incarcerating Us (2016)

    Director
    Regan Hines
    Producer
    Vincent Vittorio
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 84 minutes), $15.99

    Feature-length documentary that exposes America’s prison problem and explores ways to implement vital criminal justice reforms. With 2.3 million people behind bars, the US has the largest prison population...

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  7. Quiet Rage: The Stanford Prison Experiment (1990)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £75.00

    Documents the landmark 1971 study on the power of social situations in which Dr Philip Zimbardo created a mock prison, randomly dividing a group of students into two groups - prisoners and guards. Shows how...

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  8. Gruvberget: Sweden’s Revolutionary Prison (1972 Film)

    Subject
    Law; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at a correctional institution, the aim of which is to rehabilitate prisoners. The inmates lead normal family lives and study courses designed to help them in the outside world.

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  9. Carry on Escaping (Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

    How five |RA prisoners escaped from Whitemoor - supposedly Britain’s most secure prison.

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  10. Out of Harm’s Way (1969 Film)

    Director
    Martin Smith
    Producer
    Christopher Martin
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Prisoners in the modern prison of Gartree, Leicestershire, discuss their ideas on morals and religion, and what they value in their family and working lives. Visually, the film provides information about a...

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