Directed by Nick Gomez Written by Tom Fontana   Cast Kirk Acevedo ... Miguel Alvarez Ernie Hudson ... Warden Leo Glynn Terry Kinney ... Tim McManus Rita Moreno ... Sister Peter Marie Reimondo Harold Perrineau ... Augustus Hill J.K. Simmons ... Vern Schillinger Lee Tergesen ... Tobias Beecher Eamonn Walker ... Kareem Said Dean Winters ... Ryan O'Reily Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ... Simon Adebisi Edie Falco ... Officer Diane Whittlesey George Morfogen ... Bob Rebadow Luna Lauren Velez ... Dr. Gloria Nathan (as Lauren Velez) BD Wong ... Father Ray Mukada (as B.D. Wong) Zeljko Ivanek ... Governor James Devlin Rick Fox ... Jackson Vahue Cotter Smith ... Judge Benjamin Fee Granville Adams ... Zahir Arif J.D. Williams ... Kenny Wangler Douglas Crosby ... Officer D'Agnasti R.E. Rodgers ... James Robson Paul Schulze ... Officer Rick Heim Charles S. Dutton ... Professor Alvah Case Dina Pearlman ... Lucille Kempf Kes Kwansa ... Officer (as Kes Kwansa Amissah) Tim Hopper ... Reporter Rick Donn Rod McLachlan ... Reporter Kate Rigg ... Reporter Uncredited Cast Zuill Bailey ... Eugene Dobbins (archive footage) Frank Bonsangue ... Sicilian Crew Joseph DeVito ... Correction Officer Ali Merhi ... Luis Batista Nick Stellate ... Prisoner in Gym Produced by Jim Finnerty   Tom Fontana   Barry Levinson   Bridget Potter   Original Music by David Darlington Steven Rosen

Additional Info Premiere: July 11, 1998 DVD Release: January 07, 2003 Country: Distributor: HBO Studios Websites: Production Companies Rysher Entertainment The Levinson / Fontana Company Viacom Productions (2000) Paramount Network Television (2001) Distributors Home Box Office (HBO)   (1997) (United States) (TV) HBO Max   (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2002) (United States) (season 1) (DVD) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2003) (United States) (season 2) (DVD) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2004) (United States) (season 3) (DVD) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2005) (United States) (seasons 4 and 5) (DVD) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2006) (United States) (season 6) (DVD) Paramount Television   (2000) (United States) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating 7.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.5 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #1,603 / 20,875 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 6 total ratings Site Ranking