Where Women's Prison doesn't stray from the norms of the genre is having the problems inside the prison walls climax in the seemingly inevitable climax of a riot, which results in some brutal scenes of violence. The somewhat overly-happy and cleaned-up coda, accompanied by Maria Cordero (who plays the lone sympathetic guard) belting out a Cantonese version of "House of the Rising Sun", undercuts a bit the dramatic tension that was built up for the previous ninety minutes. For the most part, though, Women's Prison ends up being one of those under-rated little gems from the 1980's that were overshadowed at the time by their bigger brothers, but are still well worth watching now.