USA,
1987, 90 min
Directed by:
Larry PeerceScreenplay:
Christopher KnopfComposer:
Basil PoledourisCast:
Kenneth Ransom, Josh Brolin, Betty Thomas, John Ritter, Raphael Sbarge, Jonathan Chapin, William Bryant, James T. Callahan, Terry Rhoads, G. Larry ButlerPlots(1)
Made for television, Prison for Children is set in a brutal boys' reformatory. New superintendent John Ritter tries to improve conditions, but finds himself up against a wall of indifference and red tape. The film shows how a supposedly "beneficial" system of incarceration and detention can actually breed more crime than it prevents (nothing new here). (official distributor synopsis)
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