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# AN AMERICAN JAIL
Documentary
📜 Overview: This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to the camera, revealing the violent arc of the Rikers experience – from the trauma of entry to extortion and control by inmates, to oppressive corrections officers, violence and solitary confinement.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2016-11-12
⌚ Running Time: 70 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

Beloved Cast

Bill Moyers original image
Host
Bill Moyers
Tariq Barnes original image
Self
Tariq Barnes
Barry Campbell original image
Barry Campbell
Hector Custodio original image
Hector Custodio
Candie Hailey-Means original image
Candie Hailey-Means
Robert Hinton original image
Robert Hinton
Kathy Morse original image
Kathy Morse
Five Mualimm-Ak original image
Five Mualimm-Ak
Ismael Nazario original image
Ismael Nazario
Marcell Neal original image
Marcell Neal
Ralph Nuñez original image
Ralph Nuñez
Damian Stapleton original image
Damian Stapleton
Raymond Yu original image
Raymond Yu

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