Throughout history and across the world, the popular image of prison is of a dank, savage, gang-ridden setting run by prison administrators who are corrupt, cold-hearted or strict disciplinarians, invoking a sense of dread in all who see them.
古今中外，凡與「監獄」扯上邊的影視題材，千篇一律呈現著是暗無天日、血腥暴力、恃強凌弱、黑幫互鬥的負面描繪；獄政管理人員也總是披上各種貪腐、冷酷或高壓管教的恐怖外衣，令人觀之不寒而慄。