The Sentence

She went to prison. They did the time.

The Sentence — Plot

Cindy Shank, mother of three, is serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for her tangential involvement with a Michigan drug ring years earlier. This intimate portrait of mandatory minimum drug sentencing's devastating consequences, captured by Cindy's brother, follows her and her family over the course of ten years.

• Release date
• January 20, 2018
• Runtime
• 87 min
• Genres
• Documentary, Crime
• Director
• Rudy Valdez