American Jail

About American Jail

In this deeply personal film, director Roger Ross Williams sets out on a journey to understand the complex forces of racism and greed currently at work in America's prison system.

Roger Ross Williams's American Jail is a 2018 documentary film. Released in July 2018, it runs 60 minutes.

The film is filed under poverty, jail, and racism.

The screenplay is by Roger Ross Williams. It comes from CNN Films and Submarine.

Invictus, Bound by Honor, and In the Heat of the Night make useful companions to American Jail.