A new series of films about our lives - now. Convictions
What makes people criminals? Will we ever learn to deal with violence and crime? Is punishment the answer? The Jales brothers are always in and out of jail.
John Jales and his brothers Brian and Philip are crooks. They've never made the big time, rarely made the papers - but they have long criminal records, and spend most of their lives locked in cells.
Now, as they await trial yet again, they talk of the criminal life. Mostly it's about violence - the violence of robbery and arrests, hatred and retribution, thuggery.
In this frank and disturbing film the Jales brothers give a rare insight into the world of the criminal, and into the minds of those for whom violence is the answer - whatever the question. Narrator
Michael Bryant
Singer CHERYL LUCAS
Photography BILL BROOMFIELD Film editor JIM DUFFY
Producer PAUL WATSON
Editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF
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