# " THE ROAD BACK " 1960s U.S. FEDERAL PRISONS DOCUMENTARY ATLANTA, GEORGIA JAIL 17894

Made by the U.S. Department of Justice, this 1960s documentary features the U.S. federal penitentiary in Atlanta, GA and discusses the treatment of the inmates as well as the efforts made to help inmates reintegrate into society upon their release. (Notable inmates of the prison include Whitey Bulger, Meyer Harris Cohen, Al Capone, Carlo Ponzi, Eugene V. Debs, and Marcus Garvey.) The film opens with footage of a convict leaving prison upon his release after 20 years of incarceration. Footage shows a cell block in the prison (01:17), walls, and a panoramic shot of the prison. Inmates walk in the courtyard, and some play guitars. Men eat in the cafeteria after lining up to get food. A prisoner buys candy from the prison’s canteen (02:40). In a visiting room, convicts meet with members of their family. Inmates mill around the courtyard of the prison (03:33). Viewers see the inside of The Atlantian, where men work on the layouts of the publication. There is a good shot of the courtyard where inmates lift weights and box in a boxing ring (04:20). A guard stops an inmate to see where he is going. The film shows inmates in one of the workshops of the prison. Prisoners sit on benches and play checkers (05:46); other inmates play baseball on a sizeable field. An inmate meets with the counselor of the prison’s vocational training, Perry Westbrook. Westbrook speaks about the program. Inmates in the program work at benches learning how to repair televisions (06:54). A man works in the…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/17894theroadbackrayvwr)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader states a Creative Commons licence, but that it is the rights holder's is not shown: its record does not date the work from 2002, when the licences were first published, or the work is another's (an older work under a later date, or a video set to another's song), and nothing else the site holds shows where it is free. Unclear is not offered.