Prison tech
By: written & directed by David McIlvride ; TVR--Television Renaissance, Inc
Contributors: Sherwood, Anthony; Scherberger, Aiken; Cannem, Ted; Laverdiere, Jim; Hart, Robert; TVR (Organization); Films for the Humanities (Firm); Cable Production Fund; Discovery Channel (Firm)
Series: CJA 340 (NU course); CJA 440 (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 49
Subjects: Prisons; Design and construction; Prison discipline; Prison administration
Other titles: Forbidden places (Television program)
Description: "Examines the security that prevents escapes and keeps the volatile criminal population in check. Visit low, medium, and high security institutions, where administrators, prison guards, a psychologist, and inmates speak candidly about violence in prisons and the strict security measures ... designed to control it. At a modern prison in Canada, administrators discuss the Canadian focus on rehabilitation and demonstrate the electronic detection fields used to prevent escapes"--Container.
Notes: "With the participation of the Cable Production Fund."

Originally presented on the Discovery Channel series: Forbidden places.

Executive producer & story editor, Aiken Scherberger ; principal photography, Ted Cannem, Jim Laverdiere ; editor, David McIlvride ; music, Robert Hart.

Host & narrator, Anthony Sherwood.

VHS.