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Survivors Guide To Prison

Original title: Survivors Guide to Prison
  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 42m
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Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - this is the Survivors Guide to Prison.Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - this is the Survivors Guide to Prison.Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - this is the Survivors Guide to Prison.

  • Director
    • Matthew Cooke
  • Writer
    • Matthew Cooke
  • Stars
    • Patricia Arquette
    • Susan Sarandon
    • Danny Trejo
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    • Director
      • Matthew Cooke
    • Writer
      • Matthew Cooke
    • Stars
      • Patricia Arquette
      • Susan Sarandon
      • Danny Trejo
    • 22User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    Susan Sarandon
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    8nburgess-68217

    Eye opening but ....

    I took a lot out of this documentary in terms of seeing things from a different perspective. It's Heart breaking and horrifying and I do agree that there should be other, more civilized means of rehabilitating people, I also have to point out that there really are EVIL people out there. I'm not referring to the guys who killed someone in a moment of rage, I'm referring to serial rapists, serial murderers, serial child predators. These people cannot simply walk the streets and they certainly don't deserve any "sugar coated rehabilitation". These people are rotten and deserve as much pain and suffering as they inflicted upon their victims. I do not believe prisons should be done away with altogether but merely reserved for the true evil members of society. The difficulty comes in in drawing the distinction though. It's a complicated and very distorted mess.
    10AnarcoCap

    Don't Let the Title Fool You

    This documentary is for the people that support the police and the justice system. This is for the people that believe they are law abiding. This is for the people that believe the old adage "if you do nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about." This is for the people that believe they will never see the inside of a jail cell. If this is you, it is a must watch. It is time to get out from under the rock you have been under the last 30 years.

    Hopefully, this will open your eyes.
    supermalta

    Unrealistic

    It's very dreamy without being realistic. It's just as much a political propaganda film as it is a informative documentary
    5fpuwasabadpresident

    It's not a survivors guide

    The movie wasn't that bad but it wasn't a survivors guide to prison at all. I feel like someone about to go to prison somewhere is going to watch this and be like "thanks for the stats but I learned jack about how to survive in prison". I mean the documentary brings up some good points, if a bit one sided.

    You might not feel the same way but I hate the fact that celebrities who never went to prison or knew anything about anything would comment throughout the film. Why are they here? They know nothing, they've never been to prison.

    If you want some good points for your college paper it's good (trust me that's what I used this film for), if you want to survive prison find something else.
    10ladysingstheblues-17747

    A few more facts that would have been good in this film !

    I wish the documentary would have expanded more on the following :

    Most people serving time.. Put themselves in situations to go there or associate with those who help them to get there ..

    There are a million others things in life to do than sitting behind bars .

    If you do become incarcerated in the US ... You have free and better access to healthcare, dental care, mental healthcare ,legal aid and free educational opportunities more than the average working American on the outside.

    If you find yourself incarcerated , take full advantage of all of the above mentioned benefits while you, particularly health and educational .

    A lot of people go to prison and prefer go BACK to prison because they actually make more money being incarcerated then being on the outside

    People tend to get more charges inside than what they originally went in for in the first place .

    Youth prisons tend to be worse than adult prisons..much worse !

    If you are not educated on the above mentioned when you go in , you will have a Ph.D. On criminal enterprises by the time you get out ..

    Most importantly. nothing and no one is worth your freedom !!!

    If you are not about " that life"... Do whatever you can to stay out !

    Good job with this film !!

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    • Release date
      • February 23, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
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      • $8,982
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
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      • Feb 25, 2018
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