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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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Viewfinder 101

Date

24 Nov 2015, 18:13

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

Page

Viewfinder 101 was published in November 2015. Contents of this issue: BRITISH HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB In the UK there has been a major resurgence in the production of horror movies in the last few...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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