Independent Lens
The Strike
The Strike illuminates the power of organizing in this story about 30,000 California incarcerated people resisting against decades-long solitary confinement.
Yes, In My Backyard
Exploration of rural America's increasing dependence on prison industries from the perspective of a New York community, which is home to two state facilities housing 2,500 prisoners.
- Series
- APT Presentation
- Premiere Date
- November 1, 1999
- Length
- 60 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Open Call
Producer
Tracy Huling
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The Film
Historically, when communities heard about plans for a new prison the outcry was "not in my backyard." Times have changed. With an unprecedented 1.2 million people in prisons and 203 new correctional facilities built in small towns from 1990 to 1997, prisons have become a rural growth industry and their acquisition a conscious economic development strategy. Yes, in My Backyard explores the multi-layered dependence of one upstate New York farming town on the prison industry, and probes the profound implications of this dependence for the keepers and the kept, and for society at large.
