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Three of the series' episodes filmed interviews at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit, which houses Texas' death row inmates. One of the originally planned episodes of the series was expanded to feature length and released theatrically as Into the Abyss in November 2011. Both the film and the series used the same production crew. [1]
Thomas Edward Silverstein (born Thomas Edward Conway; February 4, 1952 – May 11, 2019) was an American criminal who spent the last 42 years of his life in prison after being convicted of four separate murders while imprisoned for armed robbery, one of which was overturned. [2]
The film follows the lives of seven prison inmates, including Rideau, who tell their own stories of life, death, and survival in a world that few manage to leave. It was filmed during the early years of the long tenure of Warden Burl Cain (1995–2016), who is credited with reducing violence at the prison and establishing many programs to ...
The film features interviews with members of The Texas 7 currently on Death Row and eyewitnesses to their crimes. The film was aired in late September 2008 on MSNBC. On March 25, 2011, Investigation Discovery aired an episode about the case on the show FBI: Criminal Pursuit , subtitled "The Deadly Seven".
Additional discussion related to this cleanup effort can be found at Talk:List of prison films#Post-rescope content cleanup. ( August 2021 ) This is a list of prison films — films which are primarily concerned with prison life or prison escape or have at least one memorable prison scene.
American prison films, a film genre concerned with prison life and often prison escape. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
The Attica Prison riot took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the highest number of fatalities in the history of United States prison uprisings. Of the 43 men who died (33 inmates and 10 correctional officers and employees), all but one guard and three inmates were ...
In the film, Herzog interviews the two young men convicted of the crime, Michael Perry (who received a death sentence) and Jason Burkett (who was given a life sentence), as well as family members and acquaintances of the victims and criminals, and individuals who have taken part in executions in Texas. The primary focus of the film is not the ...