There's brief nonsexual nudity (male buttocks) The lead character and his girlfriend are shown on the verge of having sex.

There is also some violence, including characters getting shot and killed, an attempted suicide by hanging, a man nearly burned alive, and the lead character getting a knife pulled on him by another inmate; the knife is pressed against his neck, drawing blood.

Another character dies when his car is forced off the road and drives off a cliff. There's some fighting with punches.

There's some fighting with punches.

There is frequent profanity throughout the movie, including "f--k" and "motherf----r," as well as scenes in which a bullying prison guard and an inmate who leads the White gang in the prison (played by Mickey Rourke) use racial, ethnic, and homophobic slurs.