Here’s another great incentive not to go to a city or county jail in Washington: you could be forced to do unpaid hard labor. Hollywood’s Curious Take on Prison LaborThere are a few classic movies that featured main characters that were forced to work as inmates. I remember the George Clooney movie, O, Brother, Where Art Thou, Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile. The Coen Brothers’ film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou?