Streaming Behind Bars

PUBLICATION: Film Comments

DATE: April 22, 2024

Phillip breaks down how prisoners watch film on prison-issued tablets. Everyone wants to be entertained, but for the incarcerated, escaping confinement through movies means much more. “Watching films has helped me make it through twenty-two years of a life without parole sentence in North Carolina,” he writes. Phillip compares costs of prison tech in different states to show how companies take advantage of prisoners in need of escapism.



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