Cruel and Unusual (2006)

Directed by

Reid Williams, Janet Baus

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 03m

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows transgender women as they navigate life inside the United States prison system. It shows their struggles with safety, medical care, and discrimination while incarcerated.

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What happens

Cruel and Unusual is a 2006 American documentary film directed and produced by Janet Baus, Dan Hunt and Reid Williams about the experiences of transgender women in the United States prison system. It was screened on television as Cruel and Unusual: Transgender Women in Prison. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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