Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House

Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House (1991)

Academy Award®-nominated DOING TIME: LIFE INSIDE THE BIG HOUSE takes a hard-edged look at life inside the walls of Lewisburg, a maximum security federal penitentiary where the notion of rehabilitation and parole have all but been abandoned. After gaining unprecedented permission from the Justice Department, Emmy® Award-winner Alan Raymond spent five weeks inside Lewisburg. With access to the entire prison, the Raymonds captured the stories of corrections officers as well as the inmates, including drug lords, "lifers" with no possibility of parole, and prisoners convicted of leading prison riots. Detailing a world where prisoners carry "shanks" and officers respond to violence in full riot gear, this candid documentary reveals what life inside "the big house" is really like. A rare, unprecedented look at the prison subculture, DOING TIME: LIFE INSIDE THE BIG HOUSE will challenge the way you look at incarceration in America.

Date of release
1991-02-12
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Alan Raymond

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House is a 1991 documentary film about the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, directed by Alan Raymond. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was shown as part of HBO's America Undercover.

Production and release

The documentary was produced by Video Vérité and directed by Alan Raymond, who also served as cinematographer and editor. Susan Raymond was credited as producer, and Patrick O'Hearn composed the music. The film was originally released in 1991 and was later issued on DVD by Docurama and New Video Group in 2006.

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