Locked up in America : solitary nation & prison state / A production of WGBH/Boston ; series executive producer, David Fanning ; producer, writer, director, Dan Edge.

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Two Frontline episodes on the American penal system. Solitary Nation looks at life in solitary confinement in Maine's maximum security prison. Prison State addresses the problem of mass incarceration in America, focusing on four residents of a Louisville, Kentucky housing project as they cycle in an...

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Corporate Authors:	Mongoose Pictures (Production company) British Broadcasting Corporation (Production company) WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Production company) Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Production company) PBS Distribution (Firm) (Film distributor, Copyright holder) WGBH Educational Foundation (Copyright holder)
Other Authors:	Edge, Dan (Producer, Screenwriter, Director, Cinematographer) Jones, Elizabeth C. (Producer) Mucciolo, Lauren (Producer) Lyman, Will, 1948- (Narrator)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published:	[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, 2014.
Edition:	Wide screen.
Subjects:	Prisons > United States. Prisons > Kentucky. Prisons > Maine. Solitary confinement > United States. Solitary confinement > Maine. Recidivism > United States. Prisoners > United States. Prisoners. Prisons. Recidivism. Solitary confinement. Kentucky. Maine. United States. Social problem television programs. Legal television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Social problem television programs. Legal television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 142 min. total) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Locked up in America : solitary nation prison state
Format:	Video DVD

Contents:

Solitary nation (56 min.) / directed by Dan Edge ; produced by Dan Edge, Elizabeth C. Jones ; edited by Graham Taylor ; principal photography, Dan Edge ; original music, Jonny Pilcher ; a Frontline production with Mongoose Pictures in association with the BBC
Prison state (86 min.) / directed by Dan Edge ; produced by Dan Edge, Lauren Mucciolo ; edited by Tim Lovell ; principal photography, Dan Edge ; original music, Jonny Pilcher ; a Frontline production with Mongoose Pictures.