Let's Go to Prison

Let's Go to Prison is an American dark comedy that was released in theatres November 17, 2006, starring Dax Shepard, Will Arnett and Chi McBride, and directed by Bob Odenkirk. The movie was loosely based on the non-fiction book, You Are Going to Prison by Jim Hogshire. Filming took place at the defunct Joliet Prison in Joliet, Illinois. The same prison is featured in the beginning of The Blues Brothers and the first season of the Fox show Prison ... more

Let's Go to Prison is an American dark comedy that was released in theatres November 17, 2006, starring Dax Shepard, Will Arnett and Chi McBride, and directed by Bob Odenkirk. The movie was loosely based on the non-fiction book, You Are Going to Prison by Jim Hogshire. Filming took place at the defunct Joliet Prison in Joliet, Illinois. The same prison is featured in the beginning of The Blues Brothers and the first season of the Fox show Prison Break. The movie takes the perspective of John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) who has spent most of his life in prison, serving three different sentences (starting when he was eight,when he stole the Publisher's Clearing House van). In each of his three trials, he was presided by Judge Nelson Biederman IV, who seemed to show no remorse passing down indiscriminantly harsh sentences. After being released from his third sentence, John decides to take revenge on Biederman, blaming him for his incarcerations in the past. After trying to determine when... less