About this season
A study of maximum-security prisons in the U.S. and Europe includes profiles of notable prisoners and wardens.
Episodes (7)
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E1
1. Jefferson City
Aired 17 January 2001 • 60 min
2
E2
2. Lewisburg
Aired 18 January 2001 • 60 min
A look at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. Well-known onetime inmates include Jimmy Hoffa.
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E3
3. Raiford
Aired 19 January 2001 • 60 min
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E4
4. Breakout from Alcatraz
Aired 25 January 2001 • 60 min
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E5
5. Escape from Colditz
Aired 1 March 2001 • 60 min
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E6
6. Maze Prison
Aired 15 March 2001 • 60 min
A look at the history of Maze Prison, near Belfast, Ireland. Included: the “blanket protest” in 1976, when IRA prisoners refused to wear prison clothes; and the hunger strikes of 1981.
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E7
7. Chain Gang Breakout
Aired 13 June 2001 • 60 min