| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. USA -- pt. 2. Australia |
| Summary |
Part one, USA: It is about business behind bars in the United States. The film's main focus is on the jailers and the glitzy commercial arena of the prison industry. This is contrasted with the world of their captives living out their confined lives on the inside. How do these parallel and opposing universe affect each other? What happens to justice in a market driven climate where money is made out of deprivation of liberty. Part two, Australia: Australia has the highest proportion in the world of inmates in private prisons. These facilities are financed, built, managed and owned by US and UK corporations. Part two questions prison management and accountability, and reveals the personal struggles of inmates and former prisoners: deaths in custody, self-harm, riots, surviving after release. Issues of law and order and mandatory sentencing confront us daily. A lengthy example is provided based around the inquiry into the deaths at Port Phillip Prison owned and operated by Group 4 Correction Services in Victoria. Is the combination of a private prison industry and harsher sentencing polices the way to go? Or are we just creating another multi-national corporation using prisoners as cattle? |
| Notes |
"FFC and Paradigm Pictures"--Container sleeve |
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"Produced in association with SBS Independent"--Container sleeve |
| Credits |
Credits: Directed and co-produced by Catherine Scott; producer, Pat Fiske; writers, Catherine Scott, Alison Lyssa |
| Cast |
Reporters, Angela Davis, Jennifer Gainsborough |
| Notes |
Classification: Exempt (for educational use only). Ronin recommends: for mature audiences 15 years and over |
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DVD, produced for all regions |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Group 4 Correction Services
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Port Phillip Prison (Vic.)
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Prisoners -- Australia -- Death.
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Prison industries -- Australia.
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Prison industries -- United States.
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Prisons -- Government policy -- Australia.
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Prisons -- Government policy -- United States.
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Prison administration -- Australia.
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Prison administration -- United States.
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Prisoners -- Civil rights -- Australia.
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Prisoners -- Civil rights -- United States.
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Prisoners -- Employment -- Australia.
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Prisoners -- Employment -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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| Author |
Scott, Catherine.
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Fiske, Pat.
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Mellor, Jim
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Ronin Films.
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SBS Independent.
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Paradigm Pictures Corporation
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