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Shackles

Shackles

Sometimes the only way out is to fight.

2005•1h 55m•5.0/10
DramaDocumentaryTV Movie

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5.0/10(5)

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

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Production

Sony Pictures Television

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

D.L. Hughley

D.L. Hughley

Ben Cross

Jose Pablo Cantillo

Jose Pablo Cantillo

Gabriel Garcia

Daniel Louis Rivas

Daniel Louis Rivas

Pretty

Barry Shabaka Henley

Barry Shabaka Henley

Virgil

Kristen Wilson

Kristen Wilson

Helen

Tony Lee

Tony Lee

Korean Cop

David Andriole

David Andriole

Councilman Yorkin

Mark Berry

Mark Berry

Rasheed Jackson

Georg Stanford Brown

Georg Stanford Brown

Warden

Rob Brownstein

Rob Brownstein

Duncan Towers

Lizette Carrión

Lizette Carrión

Rosa

Justin Rodgers Hall

Prisoner

Pablo Santos

Pablo Santos

Minnow

Christian Redd

Hood #1

Mandy June Turpin

Mandy June Turpin

Nurse Browning

Margo Winkler

Margo Winkler

Judge

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