As early as the 1930s, Hollywood made women in prison films as melodramas with minimal action and means to portray the pathway to a righteous life with titles such as “Ladies They Talk About” and “Hold Your Man”. There is, unfortunately, no way for contemporary audiences to confirm Sappho's sexuality or the details of her love life. Regardless of this, LGBTQ+readers still feel a strong identification with her work, fuelled by a desire to find a common experience in a long history of oppression and erasure. The search for queer female representation is ongoing in the history of art as well. Directed by Jesus “Jess” Franco, “99 Women” aka “Der HeiBe Tod (The Hot Death)” is considered to be one his most accomplished features in the early days of the genre. Three different versions have been released: the video cut (eighty-one minutes), the banned version (eighty-six minutes) and the uncut X-rated (ninety-eight minutes). Franco could have gone mainstream based on the success of the film, but instead opted to stay rooted in the underground erotic and gore worlds. The modern identification of Sappho with female homosexuality is, in fact, so strong that the words 'sapphic' and 'lesbian' are derived from her own name and the name of her home island of Lesbos respectively. For example, in 1908, the famous lesbian poet, Radclyffe Hall, published her poem Ode to Sappho. However, in ancient scholarship, Sappho was more frequently portrayed as a promiscuous heterosexual woman, with her contemporary male poet Alcaeus of Mytilene portrayed as a possible lover. Marie is a new inmate, identified as “99”, at an island prison for women. The convicts are ruled by the lesbian warden Thelma and the Governor Santos, who torture and rape the inmates into submission. The Minister of Justice replaces the warden with another woman, prisoner 99 aka Marie is hopeful that her case will be appealed.

Meanwhile, a junky inmate Stokes (Roberta Collins) and other prisoners plot against Carol, with the hopes of obtaining more drugs or a sooner release. Eventually, Carol and a few other convict allies plot to escape, but have to be careful of the local poachers that are paid to hunt and kill escapees. Some are revered as satirical spoofs or weak homages passed off as being edgy with an overly polished presentation. Or they are just straight up violent porn videos with no original storylines, charismatic characters and nothing memorable. Carol (Jennifer Gan) is unaware that her boyfriend, Rudy (Charlie Davao), is runs a ship filled with prostitution, gambling and drug dealing. He feels the authorities are closing in and sets her up to take the fall. She is thrown into a prison and butts head with a cruel lesbian guard, Alabama (Pam Grier).

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A) “The Big Doll House”: Imprisoned for the murder of her husband, Collier (Judy Brown) is surrounded by those guilty of political insurgency to drug abuse. As tensions mound, many are punished by a sadistic female guard. Several of the inmates, including Grear (Pam Grier), plot revenge and a big escape.

Australian media outlet The Weekend West revealed that the young female teacher working at a southern suburbs school used to take her pupils on trips to the beach and carried out lesbian relationships with them for over two years. She had only been teaching in the school since 2013 and, according to the newsletters from the teacher’s former school, frequent trips to the beach and forest were a core part of her responsibilities, along with hosting photography and graphic design workshops. However, it was the activities she hosted with the students outside of the school premises that raised eyebrows and led the police to launch an investigation in the middle of last year, specifically after one of the girls made allegations to the school that she had previously been “in a relationship” with the teacher.A 28-year-old arts teacher from a Perth school is facing up to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to 48 sex offences against two of her female students.

Unfortunately, the conditions don’t improve, so she and two others make a break for it. However, their escape doesn’t go well and they are being pursued by not just by the guards, but also by male prisoners who have be deprived of women. A reoccurring topic of interest by Roger Corman’s Productions, “Women in Cages” was directed by Gerardo de Leon. One of many sexploitation and women in prison films shot in the Philippines. The feature was revered as heavy source of influence for Quentin Tarantino. Many of the cast members would be retained for future Corman produced films of the same genre in the 1970s. What follows are examples of sculptors who may have been homosexual and sculptures of renowned, possibly queer, women – some arguably more explicit in their identity than others. Directed by Lee Frost, “Love Camp 7”, although an American film, its first run was in Japan. Also, in addition to being a sexploitation film, it was originator in the “Nazisploitation” genre. Denied a video certification by the British Board of Film Classification and listed as one of the 72 Video Nasties. Originally banned in Australia, then edited for an R18+ rating. In 2005, it was released uncut on DVD.After working in the field, Sugar is subjected to Dr. John’s medical experiments. As more prisoners arrive, more chaos ensues and a collapse is inevitable. Sugar (Phyllis Davis) is a prostitute who is framed by a corrupt politician for drug charges. She agrees to work in a sugar-cane plantation for two years, verses serving jail time. Sugar and a new inmate, Simone, encounter a brutal guard and the plantation’s owner, the deranged Dr. John. The following list contains sexploitation features from the “glory days” of Women In Prison (aka WIP) films, circa 1969 until 1989. By the 1990s and beyond, with the insurgence of the Politically Correct Police and the need for Trigger Warnings, many exploitation films are reduced to being watered down in comparison to their predecessors.