Bare Behind Bars (released in Brazil as A Prisão) is a 1980 sexploitation film directed and written by Oswaldo de Oliveira., The film, which was intended as a spoof of the common "women in prison" genre, stars Maria Stella Splendore, Marta Anderson and Danielle Ferrite. The story concerns a group of lesbian inmates who are sexually abused by a sadistic female prison warden. The film features gratuitous nudity and sex scenes. Plot In a women's prison in Brazil, the inmates are young and beautiful, the warden is a sadist, all but one of the guards are cruel, and the nurse is incompetent. To make it difficult for the inmates to hide contraband, they wear no underwear. They are alternately murderous and orgiastic with each other, and they engage in sex play with some of the guards. The warden pimps out inmates to wealthy lesbians. With the help of the nurse and under the cover of Carnival, three inmates stage an escape. But once out they contrive to stay undiscovered as the authorities close in. Cast Maria Stella Splendore ... Sylvia - the prison warden Marta Anderson ... Barbara - the insane nurse Danielle Ferrite ... Cynthia - Prisoner #341 Neide Ribeiro ... Sandra - the assistant warden Márcia Fraga Serafim Gonzalez Meiry Vieira ... Regular customer Sonia Regina Marliane Gomes Nadia Destro Release The film was banned by BBFC in the United Kingdom after independent film distributor Redemption Films attempted to distribute the film in 1994. It has since been released. Home media It was released on DVD by Blue Underground on 30 May 2006. References External links Bare Behind Bars at IMDB 1980 films Sexploitation films Women in prison films Brazilian LGBT-related films LGBT-related controversies in film Obscenity controversies in film 1980s erotic drama films Films about child abuse 1980s exploitation films Brazilian erotic drama films 1980 drama films