Film

Prison State

2014 · 1h 30m · Documentary

From PBS and Frontline: With unprecedented access, FRONTLINE investigates the impact of mass incarceration in America, focusing on a troubled housing project in Louisville, Kentucky, and a statewide effort to reverse the trend. There are some 2.3 million people behind bars in the U.S. today, but a disproportionate number come from a few city neighborhoods, and in some places the concentration is so dense that states are spending millions of dollars a year to lock up residents of single blocks. "Prison State" examines one community, Louisville's Beecher Terrace housing project, and follows the lives of four residents as they move in and out of custody, while Kentucky tries break that cycle and shrink its prison state.

Will Lyman

Himself - Narrator (Voice)

Demetria Duncan

Herself - Beacher Terrace Resident

Keith Huff

Himself - Inmate

• Daniel EdgeDirector

Frontline: Prison State

Release date

April 29, 2014

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG-13

Genres

Documentary