Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10. It runs a compact 1h 15m. Streaming on Max.

If you're arrested in New York City and can't make bail, you'll 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 America's largest jail complex, including a moving look at the human faces behind the statistics.

• Jon AlpertDirector
• Nina RosenblumDirector