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Life's not a word. It's a sentence.

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1997

“Life's not a word. It's a sentence.”

Synopsis

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

Created By

Tom Fontana

Trailer

CrimeDrama

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Cast & Crew

Lee Tergesen

Lee Tergesen

as Tobias Beecher

Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau

as Augustus Hill

Dean Winters

Dean Winters

as Ryan O'Reily

Eamonn Walker

Eamonn Walker

as Kareem Saïd

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

as Leo Glynn

Terry Kinney

Terry Kinney

as Tim McManus

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

as Vernon Schillinger

Kirk Acevedo

Kirk Acevedo

as Miguel Alvarez

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