Gabriel City » HBO http://gabrielcity.com Gabriel City is a community for the tens of millions of Americans directly affected by our criminal justice system. We come together to share our stories and help to shape new ones. Inmates and the formerly incarcerated, family members of those serving time, men and women under community supervision, professionals in criminal justice and corrections, and the victims of crime; we support and respect each other as we work to break the endless cycle of crime and incarceration that afflicts our nation. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder http://gabrielcity.com/video/gladiator-days-anatomy-of-a-prison-murder.html http://gabrielcity.com/video/gladiator-days-anatomy-of-a-prison-murder.html#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:23:10 +0000 hcdmedia http://gabrielcity.com/?p=1958 Across the United States, violent crime in prison is an everyday reality, with inmates routinely exposed to assault, riot, rape and murder. Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder examines the culture of institutionalized violence through the events that led to one brutal prison murder. Utah State Prison surveillance cameras capture this disturbing real life account of the vicious stabbing of a black inmate – Lonnie Blackmon – by convicted murderer and white supremacist Troy Kell and his accomplice Eric Daniels.

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Here’s the trailer for “An Omar Broadway Film.”

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