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1) The ascent
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"Kurt Argento, an ex-Detroit street cop who can't let injustice go-and who has the fighting skills to back up his idealism. If he sees a young girl being dragged into an alley, he's going to rescue her and cause some damage. When he does just that in a small corrupt Missouri town, he's brutally beaten and thrown into a maximum-security prison. Julie Wakefield, a grad student who happens to be the governor's daughter, is about to take a tour of the...
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A wrongly court-martialed General is at odds with the corrupt Colonel acting as prison warden. Eventually, the General rallies the prisoners into an army to do battle with the Colonel and his troops for control of the prison, and their lives. Includes deleted scenes, commentary, featurettes, trailers, and more.
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On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment. Holding guards and civilian employees hostage, the prisoners negotiated with officials for improved conditions during the four long days and nights that followed. On September 13, the state abruptly sent hundreds of heavily armed troopers and correction officers to retake the prison by force. Their gunfire killed...
8) Attica
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Survivors, observers and expert government officials recount the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility, when a violent five-day standoff between mostly black and latino inmates and law enforcement took place.
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"In the summer of 1971, New York's Attica State Prison is a symbol of everything broken in America -- abused prisoners, rampant racism and a blind eye turned towards the injustices perpetrated against the powerless. But when the guards at Attica overreact to a minor incident, the prisoners decide they've had enough and revolt -- taking their jailers hostage and making demands for humane conditions." --Provided by publisher.
10) Lock down USA
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Examines "the current rise of the prison industry, how the media depicts law enforcement and the criminalization of youth," as well as the Attica prison rebellion in 1971 and education of prisoners.
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In "Hazel" by Collin Fogel, after the capture of her mentor, Hazel is accepted back in the Deep Block Unit, her ego now in check, and a rescue plan is hatched. In "Interstellar Dust" by C.J. Hudson and Igor Wolski, Alcee saves the day (or at least tries to), the Doctor appeals to Commander Lake's sympathies, and Vorg continues on his bloody path for control of the Afterglow's bridge. Deep space prison riots have never been this fun!
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