Prision de mujeres (1976)

The atrocities that occur at a brutal Spanish women’s prison are chronicled with a painstaking attention to detail in René Cardona’s shocking exploitation film Prision de mujeres (1976). Contributing to a long tradition of movies about babes behind bars, Cardona ups the ante in his depiction of violent female revolutionaries who get more than their just deserts while being held captive by the state. Sapphic exploration is just the tip of the iceberg here--Hilda Aguirre is subjected to a full-fledged nude horsewhipping in one particularly cruel scene. During a tamer moment, inmate Susana Kamini indulges in a bit of softcore shower-time soap fun.