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DVD

Locked up in America

Author

Dan Edge

Call Number

  • DVD 365 L814 (OSH)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Publication Information

[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2014]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 150 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

For decades, the United States has been fixated on incarceration, building prisons and locking up more and more people. But at what cost, and has it really made a difference? FRONTLINE goes to the epicenter of the raging debate about incarceration in America, focusing on the controversial practice of solitary confinement and on new efforts to reduce the prison population, as officials are rethinking what to do with criminals.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast on PBS in 2014 as episodes of the television series Frontline.

Contents

  • Solitary nation / Prison state

Subjects