History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation (2009)
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.
Director: David Wilson
Genre: Documentary, History
Runtime: 60 min
Release Date: May 17, 2009
Cast
- Martin Hancock
- Jonathan Hansler - Captain John Mackpheadris
Language: English
Original Language: en
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- What is History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation about?
- 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.
- Who directed History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation?
- History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation was directed by David Wilson.
- Who stars in History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation?
- History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation stars Martin Hancock, Jonathan Hansler.
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- History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation has a runtime of 1h 0m (60 minutes).
- What genre is History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation?
- History's Hardest Prisons: Debt and Damnation is a Documentary, History film.