Shackles

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Shackles

"Sometimes the only way out is to fight."

2005

1h 55m

5.5(6 votes)

Drama

Documentary

TV Movie

Overview

An aspiring teacher (Hughley) takes the one job he's offered, a position at a school inside a prison.

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Cast & Crew

16 members

Acting

D.L. Hughley

Ben Cross

Acting

Jose Pablo Cantillo

Gabriel Garcia

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Daniel Louis Rivas

Pretty

Acting

Barry Shabaka Henley

Virgil

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Kristen Wilson

Helen

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Tony Lee

Korean Cop

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David Andriole

Councilman Yorkin

Acting

Mark Berry

Rasheed Jackson

Acting

Georg Stanford Brown

Warden

Acting

Rob Brownstein

Duncan Towers

Acting

Lizette Carrión

Rosa

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Justin Rodgers Hall

Prisoner

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Pablo Santos

Minnow

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Christian Redd

Hood #1

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Mandy June Turpin

Nurse Browning

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Margo Winkler

Judge

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