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Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
At age 70, Forrest Tucker infamously made his escape from the tough San Quentin prison. Once he had gained his freedom, he embarked on a new set of heists that left investigators scratching their heads and the public fascinated by the story. This true story details Tucker's life which includes a detective wrapped up in the case, and a female who takes a liking to Tucker despite the criminal path he's on.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Alcatraz, "The Rock", has just re-opened. The first criminal to go to the electric chair is also sitting on a secret worth $200 million. An invading group of commandos isn't about to let that fortune go up in smoke. Already having an undercover FBI agent in Alcatraz, the situation has to be neutralized and he has to rescue a Supreme Court Justice held hostage. Now, he has to convince his convict "partner" and the other inmates to fight on the right...
3) The boxer
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
When Danny Flynn returns to his Belfast neighborhood after 14 years in prison, all he wants is to find peace, resume his career, and reclaim the love of the woman who has remained etched in his mind. As they slowly embrace the possibilities of renewed romance, they realize cultural taboos stand in the way and fighting for love could cost them their lives.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ex-cop Nick Cassidy escapes from prison to plan the ultimate heist: steal a $40 million diamond from cutthroat businessman David Englander, and in the process prove his innocence. From the ledge of the famous Roosevelt Hotel, with the whole world watching, Cassidy plays a clever game of cat & mouse with the NYPD while his dutiful brother Joey works against the clock to extract the diamond and clear his brother's name.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
First revealed to the world through impromptu photographs taken by U.S. soldiers stationed within the facility, this documentary investigates the story and causes behind the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Involving apparent wide-scale abuse and torture of prisoners, the photos forced attention on the decisions and actions that turned the once-notorious Iraqi prison into an even more notorious U.S.-run detainment center. One of the most dramatic moments...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Los seres alados han de ser libres. Y tambǐn lo han de ser los artistas, pero el gobierno cubano ha criminalizado cualquier arte que no tenga su aprobaci̤n. Soleida y sus padres protestan contra esta injusticia con su jard̕n secreto de esculturas de aves encadenadas. Luego, un hurac̀n derriba las paredes y deja al descubierto el arte ilegal, y sus padres son arrestados...Soleida huye sola a Centroam̌rica y se une a miles de refugiados cubanos...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Français
Description
Malik el Djebena, who is condemned to six years in prison, cannot read or write, but soon figures out the politics of the prison. Though Malik is only 19-years-old, the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison corners him and gives him certain 'missions' to carry out. He quickly gains the confidence of the gang leader, as these assignments begin to toughen him up. But Malik soon develops some plans of his own.
11) Get the gringo
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
12) Death race
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Private corporations run most of the prisons across the U.S. for profit. Jensen Ames is framed for his wife's murder on the same day that the steel mill he works at closes. Ames is sent to prison where he is coerced by Hennessey, the sadistic prison warden, to drive a Ford Mustang and become known as the famous masked driver, Frankenstein. She tells Ames that she knows his baby was left in foster care, but that prisoners are freed upon winning five...
13) Coming home
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After years as a political prisoner in a labor camp during China's Cultural Revolution, Lu returns to his devoted wife Feng, only to discover she has amnesia and is unable to recognize him.
14) Midnight express
Language
English
Description
This film is based on a true story. William Hayes, a naive young American vacationing with his girlfriend in Istanbul, Turkey, tries to smuggle a couple of kilos of hash out of the country. He is caught, thrown into a Turkish prison, and subsequently raped, tortured, and forced into the brutality that defines the inmates' constant struggle for survival. There are other foreigners there, many for smuggling, and word is that the only way out of the...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When former heavyweight champ George 'Iceman' Chambers is framed and thrown into one of Russia's most notorious and violent penitentiaries, he realizes his fighting days are far from over. With the Russian Mafia betting on an inevitable showdown between Chambers and the prison's resident fighting champ, Uri boyka, Chambers has no choice but to get back into the ring for what will ultimately be the bloodiest and most crucial fight of his life.
16) No robarás
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
¿Pensabas que todo había acabado? Han pasado siete años desde los crímenes de Mors y el asesino cumple condena en un hospital psiquiátrico penitenciario, donde ha tenido tiempo suficiente para pensar y perfeccionar el plan que no pudo completar. Hasta que logra burlar todas las medidas de seguridad y escaparse de la cárcel. ¿Que no habría más muertes? Cuando el policía Nicolás Valdés recibe la noticia de la fuga, sabe que solo él podrá...
18) Each dawn I die
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A muckraking reporter is framed for murder and sent to a particularly brutal prison.
19) Deadline
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
What would you do if you discovered that 13 people slated for execution had been found innocent? That was exactly the dilemma that Illinois Governor George Ryan faced in his final days in office. He, alone, was left to decide whether the remaining 167 death row inmates should live or die. This details the gripping drama of the clemency hearings during the countdown to Ryan's decision. Documented as the events unfolded, this is a compelling look inside...
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