A prison psychologist believes that the best way to get someone acclimated to the outside world before they are out for good is to provide them a weekend furlough. This particular psychologist, Dr. Reinhart specializes in sexual relationships and believes that exploring and being adventurous with their sex lives on this particular furlough will be good for the inmates’ mental health and rehabilitation. As suggested, each of the six temporarily released female inmates spend their two days experiencing sex in their own way. These Prison Girls will do what they can to prepare for their permanent release and to better themselves through sexual experimentation.
The storyline is terribly confusing. It’s certainly not difficult to follow, but the ideas that the film attempts to push are absurd and misleading. It seems that writer Lee Walters is attempting to convey that the things taking place in the film, as ridiculous as they are, are somewhat normal occurrences out in the world. Each of the girls appears to find themselves among a series of delinquents, something that is less than regular in the world. The premise of the film doesn’t necessarily require a plausible story or relatable events, as sex is the driving force behind everything that takes place throughout Prison Girls. The unrealistic nature of the scenarios these girls put themselves in is a turn off and makes much of the film difficult to appreciate.
What makes the scenes worse is the fact that the approach to each of them appears to be that they are the norm. One particular scene depicts rape. Like any scene of this nature, it is uncomfortable, but there is an added level of cringe present within this particular scene. As the woman fights for her life and tries her best to free herself of the physical demons present in front of her, music plays loudly, accompanying the scene in a terribly inappropriate way. The music is vibrant and upbeat, seemingly downplaying the horrific actions of the animals on screen and attempting to create a sense of acceptance among viewers. The attempts of the Prison Girls’ crew to normalize much of what takes place steps over the line during the rape scene, separating me even more from any form of appreciation.
It is hard to describe Prison Girls as much more than a softcore porn, leaving little to the imagination and providing little to no explanation for much of what is taking place. The acting is poor, and the ability of the actors to convey emotion on even the most remedial of levels is non-existent. Within the first few minutes of the film Walters, and director Tom DeSimone show audiences that the film would be plagued with absurdities, obscenities and a story that lacks in depth and development.
Prison Girls fails to entertain on any level. The acting is poor, the sex is simply a vehicle by which to tell the diluted and unappealing story and abnormalities present throughout the film (those that Walters and DeSimone attempt to normalize) are bleak and unnecessary. Each of these dismal aspects of the film make it difficult to focus on and leaves audiences disappointed in more ways than one. Prison Girls barely lives up to its title, as it depicts six women outside of prison for the majority of the film. The film fails to entertain and barely constitutes as a film. It should be banned, not for its sexual content, but for its ability to rot anyone’s mind that watches.
Directed by Tom DeSimone. Written by Lee Walter. Starring Jacqueline Giroux, Annik Borel, Tracy Handfuss, Maria Arnold, Liz Wolfe, etc.
⭐/10
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