Prison Terminal, the Oscar-nominated documentary explores the end of life of an incarcerated man cared for by other incarcerated men.
What is it like to die in prison? With an aging population within and outside prisons, more attention is being paid to how to care for people at the end of life. While most hospices and families focus on comfort care, dignity, and legacy, for incarcerated people agency and choice are extremely limited at the end of life.
This free screening of Prison Terminal, the Oscar-nominated documentary short directed by Edgar Barens explores the end of life faced by individuals whose decisions and activities are determined by prison authorities. The filmmaker of Prison Terminal spent six months with incarcerated men who were aging and dying, prison staff, and incarcerated peer caregivers. The documentary focuses on one incarcerated man, Jack Hall, a U,S. war veteran convicted of murder, and the incarcerated men who cared for him as he declined and died.