Lock Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

Documentary about the Rikers Island prison. If youre arrested in New York City and cant make bail, youll be sent to Rikers Island--a mammoth holding facility for 17,000 men and women awaiting trial. TV journalist Jon Alpert spent ten months filming there, coming away with a graphic and unblinking portrait of life inside Americas largest jail complex, including a moving look at the human faces behind the statistics.