# Any Books/Movies/TV Shows About Men's Minimum-Security Prison? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-books-movies-tv-shows-about-mens-minimum-security-prison/815716 "2018-06-08T20:12:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-books-movies-tv-shows-about-mens-minimum-security-prison/815716/1 "2018-06-08T20:12:47Z")
_Orange Is The New Black_ is a [heavily fictionalized] look at life inside a minimum-security women’s prison. All of the media I’ve been exposed to regarding men in prison focuses on the maximum-security end of things. Are there any stories about men in minimum security that you know of? I’d love to know what goes on in there. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-books-movies-tv-shows-about-mens-minimum-security-prison/815716/2 "2018-06-08T20:25:57Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > _Orange Is The New Black_ is a [heavily fictionalized] look at life inside a minimum-security women’s prison. All of the media I’ve been exposed to regarding men in prison focuses on the maximum-security end of things. Are there any stories about men in minimum security that you know of? I’d love to know what goes on in there. Many modern prisons have various levels of security, from minimum to maximum. So some of the pop culture stuff you see shows different levels (e.g., Arrested Development). Ear Hustle is a terrific podcast about San Quentin, a facility that includes minimum security buildings. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-books-movies-tv-shows-about-mens-minimum-security-prison/815716/3 "2018-06-08T20:40:34Z")
Probably no help at all, but there was a sit-com in 1975 called, “On the Rocks.” Based on a British show called, “Porridge,” it got good reviews, but only one season (24 eps) and gone. Starred Rick Hurst–you may remember him from a series of commercials where he was on the wrong side of someone’s medicine cabinet mirror. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-books-movies-tv-shows-about-mens-minimum-security-prison/815716/4 "2018-06-09T02:07:53Z")
The Right Guard ad you’re referring to starred the great Chuck McCann, not Rick Hurst. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-books-movies-tv-shows-about-mens-minimum-security-prison/815716/5 "2018-06-09T02:27:30Z")
I’ll be dipped; I did not remember that being Right Guard, thought it was shaving cream in a can. Next you’ll tell me Hurst was on, “Dukes of Hazzard.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-books-movies-tv-shows-about-mens-minimum-security-prison/815716/6 "2018-06-09T02:33:00Z")
_Goodfellas_ wasn’t “about” a minimum-security prison, but did feature one for a few minutes. _Doonesbury_ had a couple of strips featuring Mark’s dad in a Club Fed.