Welcome to Cañon City, Colorado.
A town in the middle of nowhere with 36,000 souls and 13 prisons, one of which is Supermax, the new 'Alcatraz' of America. A prison town where even those living on the outside live on the inside. A journey into what the future might hold.
A web documentary by David Dufresne & Philippe Brault.
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When prisons are privatized, and they are no longer the property or under the control of the surrounding society, and become the property of a private corporation .... who becomes the owner of the prisoner labor? And how is this any different from ordinary slavery and private ownership of slaves? Interesting…
by selenemail on May 16, 2012 in 23:39The society punishes itself by allowing or supporting the same treatment of inmates with such a different crimes. We imprison a guy who committed a crime. Fine with me. Yet, who do we set free after endless years of unbalanced mental and physical pressure?
by nesko on Jan 19, 2012 in 1:00The jury concluded: This production Prison Valley is a magnum opus visually, conceptually and in terms of the reporting and information offered. It is also an example of immersive interactivity, where the viewer can take a journey that they control, learning new information along the way. This work…
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