Condannato a morte per l'omicidio di un potente uomo di Washington, Lincoln Burrows si dice vittima di un complotto. L'unico a credere in lui è il fratello Michael Scofield, ingegnere edile, che ha architettato un piano per farlo evadere, ma per metterlo in pratica deve farsi rinchiudere nello stesso carcere. Da qui inizia una lunga, rocambolesca fuga per la libertà per Michael, suo fratello e gli altri che si uniranno a loro.
Incastrata per prendersi la colpa delle frodi aziendali, la giovane Macarena Ferreiro è rinchiusa in un carcere femminile ad alta sicurezza circondata da criminali spietati in questo thriller spagnolo teso e provocatorio.
La misteriosa scomparsa di una ragazza riunisce sette persone provenienti da percorsi di vita diversi. Hanno tutti un legame intrecciato con la sua scomparsa nel modo più orribile, insondabile e spregevole. Mentre il denaro li spinge all'avidità, alle bugie e al delirio, affrontano la punizione divina mentre lottano per la propria vita in una pittoresca vendetta. Fino a che punto si spingeranno per affermare la loro innocenza e qualcuno ne uscirà vivo?
Serie creata e diretta da Sebastián Gutiérrez e interpretata da Carla Gugino nel ruolo di una ladra internazionale alle prese con una banda di eccentrici criminali.
Un prigioniero diventa un avvocato, discutendo cause per altri detenuti mentre lotta per ribaltare la propria condanna all'ergastolo per un crimine che non ha commesso.
When a judicial apprentice goes behind bars while on an undercover job, he plays the hand he’s dealt to survive prison and get his payback.
When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, can she integrate back into her old life? With a terrible event from her past hanging over her, it won’t be easy.
At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. Rather, it is a tale of love, faith, justice and morality played out on an epic scale in a confined community where the stakes are literally life and death.
A hardworking lawyer who randomly selects prisoners to visit and find jobs for himself meets a former baseball player who is also the second in command of a criminal organization. Will he be able to resist the temptations of evil?
Correlli was an Australian television series first broadcast by ABC TV in 1995. It starred Deborra-Lee Furness as prison psychologist Louisa Correlli. The series also featured her future husband Hugh Jackman in one of his earliest roles. The first episode entitled "The Rat Tamer" has been released on to DVD. The creators and Associate Producers of the show were actress Denise Roberts from the ABC's G.P., and Carol Long. Roberts also played the role of prison warden Helen Buckley in episodes four and five.
Con il suo debutto nella major league di baseball proprio dietro l'angolo, un lanciatore famoso finisce in prigione e deve imparare a navigare nel suo nuovo mondo.
An ex-convict who wants to make an honest life for himself is pursued by the implacable hatred of a policeman.
A peaceful island turns into a prison, when a group of armed activists take the whole population of the quaint, isolated place off the coast of Brittany hostage one morning. They are highly organized – yet their motives remain a secret. Who are they? What do they want? Who can stop them? There’s only one thing Alpha, their leader, hasn’t taken into account: Five passengers of the shuttle that links the island to the mainland manage to escape and hide. As the islanders face this extraordinary, deadly situation, secrets surface, sources of conflict. But who among them will become a hero, a coward, or a traitor? Who is the stranger who returned after ten years of absence? Will Chris, Dorian, Kelly, Mado, Alex, and the others succeed in thwarting Operation Ocean Storm? Will Candice find the love of her life? And are the goals of the activists really as bad as their actions make it seem?
A prisoner appears in Akashnagar Central Jail's Cell No.145, which has been shut for 50 years, and claims immortality. Who is this mystery man, and what secrets does he hold inside him?
Four young people have been arrested for crimes they did not commit. When one of them learns that his daughter is in a critical condition because of an incurable heart ailment, he decides to break out of the jail. He is joined by three other prisoners who also decide to break out of jail. Although their motives and backgrounds are different, all of them are innocent and there are reasons why they cannot wait till their release. They have to get out of jail as soon as they can. So they band together and begin to plan their escape in order to accomplish their goals. Bound for Tokyo, they have to overcome frequent challenges for the sake of their families and loved ones.
Uno sguardo intimo alle emozioni del primo e dell'ultimo giorno di prigione dei detenuti della Gwinnett County Jail in Georgia.
Boys Banged Up is an unflinching insight into life inside a prison for young offenders (YOI).