And, if this sound absurd, it’s not too far from the truth since, apparently, in some states a number of prisoners were actually experimented on, brain-wise, to see if the authorities could manipulate offenders into committing less or no offences on release. For example, one way the warden instils good behaviour into some of her charges is to permit her crazy prison doctor (and borderline necrophile!) to perform lobotomies on the more troublesome prisoners. However, one thing Demme does add to the mix that is absent from most other women-in-prison movies is greater depth to its social commentary. It’s from this point in the movie onwards that things turn into a more typical women-in-prison exploitation movie with large numbers of shots of female nakedness, some beatings, shower fights, rape and attempted and successful escapes. Unfortunately, the warden doesn’t take kindly to what she witnesses during the rather thrown together performance, not finding the mostly sexually-orientated jokes funny, and hence orders Bell and Bette to be punished. It’s at one of these sketch shows that we’re first introduced to the warden, McQueen, playing by none other than horror legend Barbara Steele. ![]() The audience is then introduced to a number of the other inmates including the ‘queen bee’ Maggie (Brown), who most of the inmates are scared of, and Bette and Belle who are jokers and who like to put on performances for the others. ![]() Cast: Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid, Rainbeaux Smith, Barbara Steele, Warren MillerĪ young woman, Jacqueline Wilson (Gavin), is involved in a violent robbery with her boyfriend, but after a shoot-out is captured by the cops and later sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in a women’s prison, or correctional facility as the Americans like to call them.
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