Prison films

In the National Geographic film titled Female Offenders, several philosophies used for punishment in the field corrections are portrayed. You also see how female prisons function and the culture within the cells that makes it different from male prisons. Furthermore, through Robert Hansers book on corrections we see the aspects of confinement that are unique in female inmates, particularly regarding issues with female prisoners being mothers. In the film, you see the incapacitation theory used as punishment when inmates behave out of order. Incapacitation deprives offenders of their liberty and removes them from society with the intent of ensuring that society can’t be further victimized during their term of incarceration. In the film we the…

Correctional knowledge by the public is heavily based on media portrayals of the prison system. The media utilizes four main types of prison film narratives to tell the stories of inmates and the corrections system. The first type of prison narrative is the “nature of confinement” prison film (Surette, 2015). In this narrative, the prisoners are portrayed as victims of injustice, often have been framed for a crime they did not commit, a chance accident, or pushed into crime by forces beyond…

Have you ever wondered why criminals commit crimes to go back to jail? In the documentary Prison State it is explained that there are thousands of people in Kentucky jail system today because of serious and simple crimes. In this essay, juvenile detention and mental illness will be discussed because these are some of the factors that have to do with people being incarcerated. There are three people from the documentary that will be disused because their stories will answer the big…

"Hope never dies" A crime film is a feature of cinematic expression that connects its audience through a means of a life that is contradictory to their own. This means that one would enjoy crime films because it gives them a way to bypass their everyday stresses by living a life of crime through the portrayed character. Crime films carry a pattern that is unmistakable within the realm if movie genres. This analysis will cover the topic of crime films and will discuss this by putting the Frank…

This topic is analyzed as it greatly fit within the movie concept. It will explain how it correlates with move The Stanford Prison experiment, another similar examples and comparison with Milgram Experiment. To start analyzing obedience to authority it is good to give first example of relation between cooks and the chef. The location is in the kitchen where cooks are preparing food and chef gave them an order to put big amount of salt in the dishes. Cooks are aware that that amount of salt will…

especially in the film industry, has portrayed what can be defined as a “utopian” life, as life outside of prison, a complete opposite of the dystopian characteristics of being incarcerated. The search for a “utopian” lifestyle is “analogous to a quest for grace which is both existential and relational” (Klonowska). To an average person, an incarcerated individual is not typically perceived as someone who searches for greatness. Although prison films may serve as a source entertainment, they…

The Farm: Angola is a film based on a prison named Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) located in Louisiana.The film looks into the lives of six inmates in the prison. All of these inmates featured are sentenced to life, except one who is on death row. The central messages of the film shows how the criminal justice system is corrupt, survival and freedom is the central goal for every inmate in the prison, and how racism is portrayed in the prison. The film does a great job on displaying how…

Watching this film broadened my view of how the society I live in, works. Being black in America is truly one of the most horrific and challenging experiences a human being can go through. In America, slavery has been reincarnated through the decades to the Jim Crow laws and in present day, the prison system. Since the coming of our ancestors two centuries ago, our people have been mistreated and denied basic rights. Prior to watching The 13th, although I was not ignorant of the present issues…

School Vs. Prison Genre Although some people may argue the fact that prison and school films are unrelated in every way, I am here to argue the fact that these two genres are similar in many ways that some might not be able to point out for themselves. I am going to use three different critical articles as well as three different movies to explain my reasoning. I feel as though the significance of comparing these two genres is very important because it gives additional meaning to some aspects of…

The film named “13th” was very interesting. The film focused on how laws, policies, and procedures have hindered African Americans from progressing in the twenty-first century. The film explained how laws were created and enforced for African Americans. For instance, the three-strike rule had a major impact on African Americans, because they were getting harsh sentences. In other words, the three-strike law made it difficult for African American with felonies to get out of prison and people with…