Correctional Officer Alan Burker works out in front of a poster of inmates.

Prison Town, USA

Regular airtime: Tuesday, 10pm ET (PBS)

Cast: Directors: Katie Galloway, Po Kutchins

US release date: 24 July 2007

[24 July 2007]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

Locked Up

All family members serve their own sort of time, argues Prison Town, USA. Oppressive and unproductive, that time is increasingly typical in the small towns where prison is the central industry.

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