Across the United States, violent crimes in prison is an everyday reality, with inmates routinely exposed to assault, riot, rape, and murder. ´GLADIATOR DAYS:Anatomy of a Prison Murder´ examines the culture of institutional violence through the events that led to one brutal prison murder.

Utah State Prison surveillance cameras capture this disturbing real-life account of the vicious stabbing of black inmate Lonnie Blackmon by convicted murderer, white supremacist Troy Kell, and his accomplice Eric Daniels.

´GLADIATOR DAYS: Anatomy of a Prison Murder´ reveals through startling first-hand interviews the curious path of Kell and his childhood sweetheart Sandy Shaw as they revisit the gruesome night that would forever change the course of thier young lives and put them behind bars.