

Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018-02-23 · 102 min · ★ 6.4
Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - this is the Survivors Guide to Prison.
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- Matthew Cooke
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- United States of America
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Susan SarandonNarrator (voice)
Danny TrejoSelf
RZASelf
Deepak ChopraSelf
Patricia ArquetteSelf
Jesse WilliamsSelf
Danny GloverSelf
Ice-TSelf
Quincy JonesSelf
Busta RhymesSelf
Tom MorelloSelf
Russell SimmonsSelf
MacklemoreSelf
George LópezSelf
Q-TipSelf
Warren GSelf
B-RealSelf
Van JonesSelf
Chuck DSelf
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