About this season
A series examining prison life that visits facilities in California, Ohio and Minnesota for reports on prison conditions, gang activity and supermax incarceration of dangerous criminals.
Episodes (6)
1. Surviving Stateville
Aired 14 September 2008 • 45 min
Stateville Correctional Facility is one of America's most perilous prisons.
2. Life on the Outside
Aired 26 October 2008 • 45 min
A convicted armed robber finds his first 90 days on the outside difficult.
3. Women on the Edge
Aired 10 December 2008 • 45 min
Female offenders jailed in Detroit.
4. Kids Behind Bars
Aired 11 January 2009 • 45 min
Colorado's Youthful Offender System.
5. Alaska Bush Troopers
Alaska Bush Troopers must travel vast distances by airplane, boat and snowmobile to fight crime.
6. Aryan Brotherhood
In America's maximum-security prisons, they are the most feared inmates. Discover the story of the Aryan Brotherhood, whose reign of violence and intimidation has extended far beyond the prison walls.