Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder

Across the United States, violent crime in prison is an everyday reality, with inmates routinely exposed to assault, riot, rape and murder. Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder examines the culture of institutional violence through the events that led to one brutal prison murder. Utah State Prison surveillance cameras capture this disturbing real - life account of the vicious stabbing of black inmate Lonnie Blackmon by convicted murderer, white supremacist Troy Kell and his accomplice Eric Daniels.

Considered to be institutions of rehabilitation, American prisons often expose prisoners to an even greater violence than they would encounter on the outside. Documentarian Marc Levin (SLAM) studies this phenomenon from behind prison walls. Levin concentrates on a specific murder case that took place in a correctional facility and the contributing factors that led to the slaying.