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Prison Stories: Women on the Inside is a 1991 American drama film directed by Donna Deitch, Joan Micklin Silver and Penelope Spheeris and written by Dick Beebe, Martin Jones, Marlane Meyer and Jule Selbo. The film stars Rae Dawn Chong, Lolita Davidovich, Annabella Sciorra, Talisa Soto and Rachel Ticotin. The film premiered on HBO on January 26 ...
The women in prison film (or WiP film) is a subgenre of exploitation film that began in the early 20th century and continues to the present day. [1]Their stories feature imprisoned women who are subjected to sexual and physical abuse, typically by sadistic male or female prison wardens, guards and other inmates.
The women arrive at the prison, where they meet Captain Alan Dease, who proceeds to line them up and exclaim the rules of the prison and consequences for not abiding by them. As Frances is escorted by an officer to the jail cell she will be living in, she enters to a scene of female convicts gambling, smoking, and talking amongst themselves.
Shortly after arriving in California, she went to a convenience store and heard a man preaching in the parking lot. The second time she saw him, the pair exchanged numbers and quickly started dating.
In the new prison, she reunites with an old friend Shadow (LaTanya Hagans). She meets new inmates, such as Leisha (Medusa), an aspiring rapper, and Doodle , a religious, homophobic woman who is involved with a male correctional officer. When Treasure asks about Brownie, Leisha responds, "I'm about getting up out of here.
Tzvi Allswang, 22, was sentenced to life in prison by Judge Dahlia Weiss. Allswang pleaded guilty in March to five charges in the repeated rape and attempted murder of his therapist in 2022.
Protesters hold up signs reading “Black Lives Matter” and “Justice for Robert Brooks” days after a disturbing video of the Black inmate’s fatal beating in New York
For several years, Wally Lamb taught writing skills to inmates at the York Correctional Institution, a women's prison in Niantic, Connecticut. The book contains personal stories written by the inmates dealing with their lives. Most were sexually, physically, or mentally abused, and came from impoverished backgrounds.