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PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL

Created by Edgar Barens (See other events)
  • Mar 31, 2014 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm
  • Location: HBO BROADCAST
  • Latest Activity: Mar 9, 2021

PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL goes behind the walls of the Iowa State Penitentiary, one of America’s oldest maximum-security prisons, to tell the story of a terminally ill World War II veteran serving a life sentence for murder, who resides in an on-premises hospice unit staffed in part by fellow prisoners. The film shows how the hospice experience can profoundly touch the lives of the incarcerated, both those nearing death, and those who may find a measure of redemption in caring for inmate patients.

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