Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride...

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years...

Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of...

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a...

François Toledo, married businessman and father, falls head-over-heels in love with Janine, a work colleague. However, he is soon found out:...

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on...

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his...

A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and...

Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery...

Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate,...

While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow...

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or...

A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy...

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his...