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This important film is a stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It documents the various ways the inmates are treated by the guards, social workers, and psychiatrists.
Documentaryinsane asylumpsychiatric hospitaljailmental patientprison brutalityshockingdirect cinemaobservational cinemaprison lifecriminally insaneprisoner abusepsychiatric treatment
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- Graphic violence
- Bleak ending
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- Frederick WisemanDirector
- Frederick WisemanWriter
- John MarshallDirector of Photography
- Frederick WisemanEditor
- Alyne ModelEditor
- Frederick WisemanProducer
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