Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
(2022, 68 minutes)
For most people, life in prison is a world that is unfamiliar. People who have been in prison are hesitant to talk about their experiences so for the most part what society hears are versions that are sensationalized or used for political or ideological purposes. For many years Patrick Keating was reluctant to share his story due to shame and fearing ostracization.
Inside /Out: A Prison Memoir is a true story. It is the story of one man's search for community inside and outside of Prison. It's the story of a man who strived to become invisible. It's the story of his search inside his own Penitentiary files that he has received through the Freedom of Information Act. The files touch off memories. Memories of outside. Memories of choices made. His introduction to drugs. His introduction to crime and the almost 10 years behind Penitentiary walls.
Inside /Out: A Prison Memoir is the story of the people Patrick Keating met inside the Penitentiary that influenced his life. Of his transfer from Quebec during the tension-filled time of the first referendum and his being put on a plane and flown across the country to Matsqui Penitentiary in British Columbia where he enrolled in a theatre course only to find that it introduces him to the possibility of a new way of life.
Directors: Stephen Malloy, G. Mark Edwards
Producers: Norman Armour, Jeff Topham, Patrick Keating
More information on Patrick Keating, visit PatrickKeating.ca
(2022, 68 minutes)
For most people, life in prison is a world that is unfamiliar. People who have been in prison are hesitant to talk about their experiences so for the most part what society hears are versions that are sensationalized or used for political or ideological purposes. For many years Patrick Keating was reluctant to share his story due to shame and fearing ostracization.
Inside /Out: A Prison Memoir is a true story. It is the story of one man's search for community inside and outside of Prison. It's the story of a man who strived to become invisible. It's the story of his search inside his own Penitentiary files that he has received through the Freedom of Information Act. The files touch off memories. Memories of outside. Memories of choices made. His introduction to drugs. His introduction to crime and the almost 10 years behind Penitentiary walls.
Inside /Out: A Prison Memoir is the story of the people Patrick Keating met inside the Penitentiary that influenced his life. Of his transfer from Quebec during the tension-filled time of the first referendum and his being put on a plane and flown across the country to Matsqui Penitentiary in British Columbia where he enrolled in a theatre course only to find that it introduces him to the possibility of a new way of life.
Directors: Stephen Malloy, G. Mark Edwards
Producers: Norman Armour, Jeff Topham, Patrick Keating
More information on Patrick Keating, visit PatrickKeating.ca
