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Against Their Will: Women in Prison(1994)
Status: Released
Date: 1994-10-29
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3 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
Sometimes The Worst Crimes Happen Behind Bars
Overview:
Behind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For more than a decade, the lawless guards inside a maximum security women's prison have reigned with impunity - rape, sex for money and illegal favors have become the norm until one woman decides to battle the system. Leading a group of inmates on a risky life-or-death struggle for justice, a ten year silence is finally broken, exposing the twisted truth to the world and enabling the prisoners the freedom to live without fear.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Jaffe/Braunstein Films
Movie: Against Their Will: Women in Prison
Top 9 Billed Cast
Judith Light
Alice Needham
Stacy Keach
Jack Devlin
Chelcie Ross
Warden Henley
Tonya Pinkins
Sondra
Michael Woods
Capt. Tandy
Tom Butler
Ted Young
Aidan Devine
Jerry
Eugene Lipinski
Stewie
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Overview
Behind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For more than a decade, the lawless guards inside a maximum security women's prison have reigned with impunity - rape, sex for money and illegal favors have become the norm until one woman decides to battle the system. Leading a group of inmates on a risky life-or-death struggle for justice, a ten year silence is finally broken, exposing the twisted truth to the world and enabling the prisoners the freedom to live without fear.
Release Date
1994-10-29
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Sometimes The Worst Crimes Happen Behind Bars
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