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Release Year2009
Runtime1h 00m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary, History
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DirectorDavid Wilson
WritersDavid Wilson
TypeFeature Film
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Cast2 credited
Also Known AsHistory's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation
About History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation
The daily life of the prison communities: backbreaking labour, brutality and abuse, relentless routines, gang warfare, and the constant struggle for survival. It will cast a new light on our contemporary system of imprisonment whilst revealing our changing attitudes to crime over the ages. In a time of credit crunch and economic crisis, Piers eye-opening exploration of debt will show how 300 years ago punishments did not necessarily fit the crime.
Directed by David Wilson, History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation leans on a strong ensemble — Martin Hancock, Jonathan Hansler — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 2009.
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