The story follows three newcomers—Davis (narcotics), Angel (assault), and Butch (battery on a correctional officer)—as they are thrown into a volatile ecosystem where violence is the only currency. Critics have noted that prison is hell regardless of the inmate's age, and Dog Pound illustrates this by stripping its characters of their youth, replacing it with a "shade of a monster."
If you can stomach the brutal violence , Dog Pound is a essential, if painful, viewing for anyone interested in the systemic failure of juvenile detention. Dog Pound (2010) - IMDb Dog Pound (2010)
Butch, played with terrifying intensity by Adam Butcher, is perhaps the film's most tragic figure. He enters as a survivalist, yet the system’s rigid hierarchy and the staff's harassment leave him no choice but to adopt the very brutality he is meant to be rehabilitated from. He enters as a survivalist, yet the system’s