ISLAM BEHIND BARS

No religion is growing faster in Western prisons than Islam. In the U.S. alone there are more than 200,00 converts. They are mainly black converts searching for an alternative to Christianity. (more)

Murder in Mesopotamia
On a tiny island in the Caribbean, a woman seeking to bring her rapist to justice finds death, instead. (more)

Prison Town, USA
In America, there are more people per capita in prison than any place in the world and the sentences are longer than else where.This is the story of a small California town that tried to revive its lagging economy by building a prison -- with unanticipated consequences. (more)

Adam Abdul Hakeem.
Twenty-year-old Adam Abdul Hakeem was the first person in American judicial history to be found innocent by reason of self defense in a police shooting case. This gripping documentary tells the story of Hakeem (formerly named Larry Davis), who tried to extricate himself from a police-run drug ring in which he had participated for six years. In doing so, it examines the relationships between law enforcement agencies, the criminal justice system, and the African-American community. (more)

Dating Rites: Gang Rape on Campus
Acquaintance rape is an under-reported crime, even though survivors may be psychologically affected for years. We hear from a perpetrator, a survivor, and counselors. (more)

Dealing with Drugs
Is drug abuse a health problem or a criminal justice problem? This program shows how the drug problem is being addressed in four major cities: New York, Toronto, Amsterdam and Liverpool. (more)

A Death in the Family
A poignant portrayal of the effect on an entire family when one of its members faces execution (more)

Enough is ENOUGH!
This film, ten years in the making, investigates the death of Jonny Gammage at the hands of Brentwood (Pittsburgh) police officers. It develops into an impassioned plea for ending police brutality. (more)

The Execution Protocol
Shows a state-of-the-art maximum security prison, Potosi Correctional Center, where all the inmates face either death or life in prison without parole. It focuses on the "lethal injection machine." (more)

Exploring Alternatives to Prison and Probation
We visit five alternative sentencing programs around the country to find alternatives to imprisonment or probation. (more)

An Eye for An Eye
In 1999, twenty-year-old Khristian Oliver was sentenced to death in Nacogdoches, Texas after being found guilty of murder. In this Christian community, the fact that the Bible was used as a guide in the jury room was not questioned. This documentary about Oliver¹s trial and its aftermath paints a vivid picture of Christian fundamentalism and the extent to which it is spread across the Bible Belt. (more)

First Person Shooter
Violent interactive video games make up a 20 billion dollar industry. These games may have an addictive quality, especially to teenage boys, whose lives often become dominated by them. What effect does brutality in virtual reality have on the minds and psyches of the young? (more)

Gene Squad
This timely program traces the development of DNA profiling in forensic science and shows how effective it is in identifying criminals (more)

Generations of Violence.
Families often pass violent behavior on from one generation to the other. Parents, children and professionals share their experience and insight (more)

Heart Broken in Half
Based on Dwight Conquergood’s research, this documentary challenges stereotypes about street gangs in urban America, while revealing their underground culture. (more)

Holy Water-Gate
Holy Water-Gate explores the lengths to which sexual abuse has been systematically obscured throughout the nation. It presents startling testimony from an admitted priest perpetrator, church officials and victims, as well as the story of Father John Bambrick who was himself molested by a priest as an adolescent and continues to seek justice for fellow victims (more)

Hope on the Street
This film sheds light on the problems of homeless people who are mentally ill. It shows the impact on their families and the resources available to help them. (more)

Hunting Bobby Oatway
When a sexual predator is released from jail, his accusers often worry that they may now be at risk, or that he will return to their community, placing others in danger. In the situation presented in this compelling film, it is the convicted criminal who is being stalked. (more)

In Gandhi's Footsteps
Kiran Bodi, a small woman with a huge mission, has been compared to Mother Theresa and Mahatma Gandhi. She is, in fact, a police woman-- and a reformer (more)

Innocent Until Proven Guilty.
James Forman, Jr., a thirty-one year old public defender in Washington, D.C., defends young black men and women who cannot afford representation. (more)

Justice -- Japan Style
Almost every person charged with committing a serious crime in Japan is convicted and goes to jail. Jury trials simply do not exist and convictions are based on confessions. The filmmaker obtained rare access to Japan's jails, where a cruel, secret system allows the abuse, torture and death of inmates. (more)

Laredo and the Law
Twenty-two year old Miguel Martinez has been languishing on death row in Huntsville, Texas, for five years, while his co-defendant, the son of a judge, was let off for giving state’s evidence. (more)

Living With the Gun
This is a shocking, fast -paced expose of the prevalence of guns in American society (more)

N.Y. Law
The film follows a group of bright, idealistic, minority law students from England interning in New York City for a summer to study the judicial system. They learn firsthand how the legal system impacts the lives of the poor. (more)

Not Too Young To Die
The United States is only one of only seven countries, including Iraq and Bangladesh, whose justice system allows the execution of juveniles. This is a critical look at a highly controversial subject. (more)

Old Enough to Do Time
This documentary investigates the results of a stern policy that allows juveniles as young as thirteen to be tried as adults and incarcerated with adult criminals. (more)

Post Mortem.
This CBC film delves into the world of forensic science and looks at some of the latest techniques in high-tech sleuthing. (more)

Prison for Kids
In a Phoenix, Arizona penitentiary, Sheriff Joe Arpalo has initiated an extremely controversial deterrent for juvenile delinquency, called "Smart Tents." It involves incarcerating children who have broken the law in a real prison for two days, to show them what they could become as adults if they don't clean up their act. Neither the ACLU nor the Justice Department likes what Sheriff Arpalo is doing, but he feels he is accountable only to the public which elected him (more)

Prison Lullabies
A sensitive look at incarcerated women who give birth and care for their babies in prison. (more)

Project X: The Castration Experiment.
Six American states have voted in legislation to castrate sex offenders and release them back into the community. Is this really safe for the community? (more)

Race to Execution
This is a gripping documentary that offers a compelling investigation of America’s death penalty, probing how race discrimination infects our capital punishment system. (more)

Raising Hell: The Life of A.J. Bannister.
A compassionate portrait of a young man on death row for three years. A.J. is granted a stay of execution at the last minute, when it is revealed that his crime was really second degree, rather than first degree, murder. (more)

Rape: Face to Face
Examines the causes and consequences of rape, one of the fastest growing crimes in America. Provides an understanding of the thought processes of violent sex offenders. (more)

Rapists: Can They Be Stopped?
This powerful film focuses on a rehabilitation program for rapists at the Oregon State Hospital. It shows the different therapies that are being implemented. (more)

Stories from the Riverside.
Three women in Gatesville Penitentiary in Texas describe the pattern of domestic violence that eventually led them to kill their abusers. (more)

The Test
This film was inspired by the true story of two African-American men on death row. The younger man is being coached to read by the older man, who implores him to fail an IQ test in order to save his life. (more)

We’re Here Now: Prostitution.
Focuses on the myths and realities of prostitution as related by seven women formerly "in the life." Aided by two skilled social workers, they talk candidly about their personal histories. (more)

When the Bough Breaks: Children of Mothers in Prison.
A sensitive study of the effect on children when their mothers are incarcerated. (more)