Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island (1994)

Name: Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
Released: 1994-01-01
Rating: 2.6

1994-01-01 • 75 min • ⭐ 5.2/10

Title: Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

Original Title: Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

Release Date: 1994-01-01

Status: Released

Rating: 5.2/10 (from 4 votes)

Language: EN

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Unknown

If you're arrested in New York City and can't make bail, you'll be sent to Rikers Island -- a mammoth holding facility for 17,000 men and women awaiting trial. TV journalist Jon Alpert spent ten months filming there, coming away with a graphic and unblinking portrait of life inside America's largest jail complex, including a moving look at the human faces behind the statistics.