Shackles

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

Cast

D.L. Hughley

as Ben Cross

Jose Pablo Cantillo

as Gabriel Garcia

Daniel Louis Rivas

as Pretty

Barry Shabaka Henley

as Virgil

Kristen Wilson

as Helen

Tony Lee

as Korean Cop

David Andriole

as Councilman Yorkin

Mark Berry

as Rasheed Jackson

Georg Stanford Brown

as Warden

Rob Brownstein

as Duncan Towers

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