The 50

The 50 is a feature-length documentary and character-driven exploration of the lives of the first 50 men to have taken part and complete a first of its kind rehabilitation program called the Offender Mentor Certification Program (OMCP) and thus becoming California Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselors while inmates of the California state prison system. The film tells the story of a select few of “the 50”, moving through their childhood, lives before prison, early years in prison, experience within the OMCP program at Solano State Prison, and their lives today as they work to live virtuous lives on the outside. Through the film, the idea of rehabilitation and redemption for those who society have deemed irredeemable is explored and thus forces the audience to reevaluate their own judgments of our country’s prison population as well as rethink what is possible if our prison system took rehabilitation seriously.