Ο Τζέιμς Άλεν αφήνει το σπίτι του και μια σίγουρη δουλειά λογιστηρίου, για να αναζητήσει τον όνειρό του. Να γίνει δηλαδή μηχανικός. Λόγω μιας παρεξήγησης συλλαμβάνεται και καταδικάζεται σε 11 χρόνια καταναγκαστικά έργα. Η απάνθρωπες συνθήκες διαβίωσης των φυλακών του Νότου και το αίσθημα της αδικίας τον οδηγούν στην απόφαση να αποδράσει. Κατευθύνεται με νέα ταυτότητα στο Σικάγο και προοδεύει στη ζωή του. Δεν είναι όμως εύκολο να ξεφύγει από το παρελθόν.

Ο Γιάννης Αγιάννης, πρώην κατάδικος σε γαλέρα, αλλάζει ταυτότητα και διαπρέπει στη ζωή. Ο Ιαβέρης όμως, ένας αστυνόμος απόλυτα προσηλωμένος στο νόμο, τον καταδιώκει ανελέητα.

After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.

Survivors of violent crimes and prisoners incarcerated for murder connect to undergo astonishing transformations, liberating themselves from the debilitating constraints of trauma, and shattering preconceptions of "us and them."

A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.

Documentary about Attica prison riot and lawsuits to get compensation for the victims of these events.

Ervin, an ex con man, is released from prison to find his old pal Micky waiting for him. The 75 year olds seem to hit it off as they drive around town, with a few pit stops along the way, but the cracks in their friendship begin to show after 15 years of neglect.

In America, the prison system has become a place of retribution, not restoration. Inmates are often treated as sub-human, and often find themselves feeling hopeless. But a small midwest college decides to give inmates an opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree. Experience the journey of the resilient inmates as they fight incredible odds to change their lives – and change the system.

A short 1983 documentary about an alternative to prison.

A young pickpocket is taken in by an attorney who attempts to 'civilize' her.