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Wrongful incarceration (an
innocent person is incarcerated or put to death through procedural and/or non-reviewable
error). This topic is closely tied to the question of judicial review, the intepretation
of law, the imposition of the letter rather than the spirit of the law.
Film examples: The
Wrong Man; Reversal of Fortune
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Cruel and inhuman
punishment (especially with regard to the death penalty). Film
examples: I Want to Live!; Let
Him Have It; Kill Me If You Can; Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
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Incareceration because of
political views, lifestyle, or identity; when (if ever) are political activities or life
choices a legitimate threat to the state, thus appropriately controlled through
incarceration? Examples: Kiss of the Spider Woman; The Man in the Iron Mask
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Involuntary
incarceration
By
shipwreck: Novels and films: Robinson Crusoe; The
Lord of the Flies
Because of determination of incapacity: Films:
Frances;
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. See also Richard Gosden,
Coercive
Psychiatry, Human Rights and Public Participation and
Shrinking
the Freedom of Thought, Elizabeth Handsley,
Do
Hard Laws Make Bad Cases?, Lawrence Stevens,
Is
Involuntary Commitment for "Mental Illness" a Violation of
Substantive Due Process?
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Violation of human rights:
Incarceration before trial; denial of bail; failure to inform the prisoner of his/her
rights; failure to inform the prisoner of the charges against him/her); torture in order
obtain a confession; incarceration in order to obtain obedience or conformity. Examples:
Death and the Maiden; I Confess; The Trial
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Alien 3 (1992)
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Always Afternoon (1987)
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Andersonville
(1996)(television movie)
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The Andersonville Trial
(1970)(television movie)
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Auch Zwerge haben klein
angefangen (1971)
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Barbed Wire (1927)
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Bent (1997)
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Botany Bay (1953)
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Breaker Morant (1980)
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Breakout (1959)
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The Bridge on the River
Kwai (1957)
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The Brig (1964)
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Brubaker (1980)
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Caged Heat (1974)
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The Captive Heart (1946)
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Captured (1933)
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China Sky (1956)
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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Colditz (1972) (television
series)
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The Colditz Story (1953)
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Contre l'Oubli (1991)
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Come See the Paradise
(1990)
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Coogan's Bluff (1968)
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Counterpoint (1968). A
German general holds an orchestra prisoner and requests that they play a concert in order
to win their freedom.
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Cowra Breakout
(1984) (television miniseries)
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Cyber Vengeance (1995)
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Death and the Maiden
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Death Warrant (1990)
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Decision Before Dawn
(1951)
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The Deliberate Stranger
(). A docudrama based on the life of Ted Bundy
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The Devil's Arithmetic
(1999)
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Devojacki most (1976)
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The Dirty Dozen (1967)
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Doin' Time (1985)
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The Fugitive (film)
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The Great Imposter
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Hogan's Heroes
(1965--)(television series)
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I Want to Live!
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The Incident (television
movie)
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Kill Me If You Can
(1977). A docudrama based
on the life and death of Caryl Chessman.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
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The Man in the Iron Mask
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Mary Queen of Scots
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Mrs. Soffel
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Oz (1997)
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Porridge (BFS Video,
1991). British comedy "about a stockbroker who was caught stealing and was put in
jail."
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The Prisoner (1967)
(television series)
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The Secret War of Harry
Frigg
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The Silence of the Lambs
()
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The Spanish Prisoner
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The Trial
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Vrouwenvleugel (1993)