Outside, the Kharris district prison can be mistaken for a high -class apartment with windows, which are produced in Bai in the center of Houston. But the windows are false, and prisoners inside – most of which expect tests – painful conditions. Criminal uses the music and texts of songs marked by the awards of the artists Tony, the STEW STEWART STEWART and HeIDI RODEWALD; The animation of Thomas Curtis, who was imprisoned for eleven years; testimony of legal lawyers; And the excerpts of letters written by prisoners to create a terrible picture of the reality of a system of criminal justice. In particular, he is focused on the role of a system with the key to funds that forces people to blame the crime to expect their trial in prison if they cannot pay, then for several months or even years. In the footage of the actual hearings for the blossom of the judge is a harsh and dismissive, even when the accused ask that legal jargon is used to determine their fate. Alec Karakatsanis from the corps of civil rights says: “There is no presumption of innocence in practice in the American legal system if you are poor.” About eight thousand people are located in the Kharris district prison, living in harsh conditions, which, according to, are a cruel and unusual punishment. Many did not even have the opportunity to appear before the court.
A Musical Indictment of the Harris County Jail in “Criminal”
