A new movie of ‘The Longest Yard’ is in the works ... a former star quarterback who is sentenced to 18 months in Citrus State Prison, where he puts together the Mean Machine team to play ...

The guards, likewise, hate the prisoners. In Real Life: That is nothing compared to what happened at the New Mexico State Prison when it was in operation. In February 1980, 33 inmates were killed ...

Eventually they both came to New Mexico.Shoemaker chartered a helicopter, and reportedly at gunpoint, forced the pilot to land in the State Pen’s prison recreation yard just outside Santa Fe.

They’re fine flicks, but nothing combines humor, humanity and real-life professional athletes cast as convicts better than "The Longest Yard ... One minute, New Mexico Junior College sophomore ...