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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. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Gale is Dead (1970 Film)

    Producer
    Jenny Barraclough
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Traces, in retrospect, the short life of a 19-year-old girl (Gale) from her abandonment by her mother at 6 months to her death in the basement of a derelict house in Chelsea from an overdose of drugs. Gale,...

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  6. Colours of Hope (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    Describes the imprisonment and eventual release of a family of political prisoners in Argentina. During his eight years of imprisonment, Juan Carlos’ morale was sustained by the knowledge that groups such...

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  7. From the Ashes (1996 Video)

    Director
    Jane Dibbin
    Producer
    Karen Mattison
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, 1999 sale: £40.00 (+VAT inc p&p)

    Story of Carol Rigby, who in 1978 set fire to a wastebin while working as a nurse at the National Theatre, London. Convicted of arson and sent to Broadmoor, she examines what drove her to the point of...

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  8. Offending Behaviour (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min.

    A video-based training pack, with the video in two parts: 1) a documentary which looks at the philosophy behind ‘offence-based activities’. The analysis is illustrated using live groups and individual...

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  9. Who Will Cast the First Stone? (1988 Video)

    Director
    Ahmed A Jamal; Sabiha Sumar
    Producer
    Ahmed A Jamal; Sabiha Sumar
    Subject
    Politics & government; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    Discusses the impact of Islamisation on women in Pakistan, particularly laws relating to extra-marital sex which is now a crime against the state, punishable by stoning to death. Women in prison, or out on...

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  10. Death of Apartheid (1995 Video)

    Director
    Stephen Clarke; Mick Gold; Stewart Lansley
    Producer
    Stephen Clarke; Mick Gold; Stewart Lansley
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 3 x 40 min., 1996 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) (series)

    Series telling how South Africa’s white minority government eventually came to hand over power to the African National Congress.

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