The Big House (1997)

Country

Australia

Runtime

3h 18m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines Australia's justice system in three parts. It revisits prisoners a decade after first filming and explores why some leave crime behind while others return to it.

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What happens

The Big House is a 1997 Australian documentary film created by David Goldie. It looks at Australia's justice system and is made up of three parts. The first is titled Out of Sight, Out of Mind and is a re-edited version of his 1987 documentary of the same name where he looked at life in prison. The second part From the Inside returns to many of the prisoners he spoke to ten years ago. The third is Going Straight looks at why some ex prisoners go straight and some reoffend. It screened on the ABC in October 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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