Penitentiary is a 1979 American blaxploitation drama film written, produced and directed by Jamaa Fanaka, and starring Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel "Too...
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penitentiary, a clergyman attached to a major church to serve as a general confessor Penitentiary (1938 film) Penitentiary (1979 film) Penitentiary Point...
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Penitentiary II is a 1982 American blaxploitation drama film directed by Jamaa Fanaka. Released on April 2, 1982, the film is the sequel to 1979's Penitentiary...
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jockey, film producer and playwright. Kennedy's acting roles include Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone in Jamaa Fanaka's Penitentiary (1979), Penitentiary II (1982)...
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became a novel, which Sluizer adapted into his film Red Desert Penitentiary (1985). After Red Desert Penitentiary, Krabbé began writing a novel called Het Gouden...
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United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz (English: /ˈælkəˌtræz/, Spanish: [alkaˈtɾaθ] "the gannet") or The Rock, was...
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Kingston Penitentiary (known locally as KP and Kingston Pen) is a former maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, between King Street...
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Jamaa Fanaka (category English-language film directors)
filmmaker. He is best known for his 1979 film, Penitentiary, and was one of the leading directors of the L.A. Rebellion film movement. Fanaka was born Walter...
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Seldom Seen (disambiguation) (section Film)
gangster in the film Kansas City (film) played by Harry Belafonte Hezzikia "Seldom Seen" Jackson, a character in the film Penitentiary (1979 film) played by...
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as a tourist attraction, museum, training facility, and filming location. The Penitentiary's design is similar to the facility at the 1858 state prison...
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houses minimum-security male offenders. Initially named North Eastern Penitentiary, USP Lewisburg was one of four federal prisons to open in 1932. It was...
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Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP), also known as Oregon State Prison, is a maximum security prison in the northwest United States in Salem, Oregon. Originally...
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Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP), also known as Parchman Farm, is a maximum-security prison farm located in the unincorporated community of Parchman...
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List of former inmates at ADX Florence (redirect from Notable former inmates of the United States Penitentiary, Florence ADMAX)
federal facilities. Eyad Ismoil 37802-054 Transferred to United States Penitentiary, Lee. Serving a 210-year sentence, which was reduced from 240-year sentence...
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The Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) is an Iowa Department of Corrections maximum security prison for men located in the Lee County, Iowa, community of Fort...
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Unsimulated sex (redirect from Unsimulated sex in film)
com Barbed Wire Dolls AKA Frauengefängnis AKA Caged Women AKA Women's Penitentiary IV. Archived 1 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine dvdcompare.net Wurm...
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Pt. 1" and contributed co-composition rights for music for the 1979 film, Penitentiary. Frankie and his second wife (later widow), Irene, were next door...
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life sentence, which he was serving when he was murdered at Dorchester Penitentiary in 2011. Thériault, along with Robert Pickton, Clifford Olson and Paul...
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allowed to keep any birds after his transfer to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1942. The film was adapted by Guy Trosper from the 1955 book by Thomas E. Gaddis...
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currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment in Washington State Penitentiary for these crimes. Bianchi was also at one time a suspect in the Alphabet...
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lesbian. Common scenes in women in prison films may include: An innocent girl (or group) being sent to a penitentiary or reform school run by a male or lesbian...
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Tegel Prison (redirect from Tegel Penitentiary)
to Tegel Prison. In 1979, construction began on Penitentiary V, which was completed in 1982, and in 1984, work began on Penitentiary VI, which was completed...
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The Green Mile (novel) (redirect from Cold Mountain Penitentiary)
1996, and his time in 1932 as the block supervisor of the Cold Mountain Penitentiary death row, nicknamed "The Green Mile" for the color of the floor's linoleum...
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convicted of murdering his wife and her lover and ends up in Shawshank State Penitentiary, where corruption and violence are rampant. Stephen King described "Rita...
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Danny Glover (redirect from Toussaint (film))
made his film acting debut in Escape from Alcatraz in 1979. He rose to fame in the late 1980s for playing Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series...
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Alcatraz Island (section Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary)
1934, the island was converted into a federal prison, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. The strong currents around the island and cold water temperatures made...
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Badja Djola (category American male film actors)
the villainous "Half Dead" Johnson, in the 1979 movie Penitentiary, which led to many more feature films, including a supporting role in Wes Craven’s...
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received a reduced sentence; Devereaux served four years in a federal penitentiary for conspiracy; Charnier was never caught. Popeye and Cloudy were transferred...
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extortion, convicted, and sentenced to 10 years in the United States Penitentiary in Lewisburg. Burke was paroled after six years and resumed his criminal...
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is a list of notable current and former inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta. Inmates who were released from custody prior to 1982 are...
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