Lockdown

Lockdown

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.

Documentary

Seasons

Gangland

1. Gangland

Air Date: 2006-05-07

California's Pelican Bay State Prison leads the war on prison gangs.

Predators Behind Bars

2. Predators Behind Bars

Air Date: 2006-05-07

Ohio's Lebanon Correctional Institution is overfull and behind the times.

3. Inside Maximum Security

Air Date: 2006-05-07

Oak Park Heights Supermax controls violent prisoners.

Gang Wars

4. Gang Wars

Air Date: 2006-12-03

Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, Calif.

Women Behind Bars

5. Women Behind Bars

Air Date: 2007-02-11

California's Valley State Prison deals with violent inmates, overcrowding and heavy drug-trade.

6. Total Control

Air Date: 2007-02-11

One of the newest, high-tech maximum security prisons in the United States.

7. Alexander Correctional Institution

Air Date: 2007-02-18

Nearly 2,200 dangerous and conniving criminals.

1. Gang vs. Family

Air Date: 2007-09-09

The Utah State Prison houses 4,000 dangerous criminals and violent gangs.

Newbies

2. Newbies

Air Date: 2007-09-09

The struggles of prison guard recruits in Wyoming.

Tent City

3. Tent City

Air Date: 2007-10-28

Guards use military-like discipline and force to stay in control.

Inmate University

4. Inmate University

Air Date: 2007-10-28

Recruits at the understaffed Wyoming State Penitentiary.

First Timers

5. First Timers

Air Date: 2008-01-13

First-time offenders at Iowa's Fort Dodge Correctional Facility.

6. Iron Grip

Air Date: 2008-03-23

There's a constant struggle for control inside Alexander Correctional Prison.

7. County Jail

Air Date: 2008-07-20

The overcrowded Multnomah County Detention Center may be worse than prison.

Surviving Stateville

1. Surviving Stateville

Air Date: 2008-09-14

Stateville Correctional Facility is one of America's most perilous prisons.

Life on the Outside

2. Life on the Outside

Air Date: 2008-10-26

A convicted armed robber finds his first 90 days on the outside difficult.

Women on the Edge

3. Women on the Edge

Air Date: 2008-12-10

Female offenders jailed in Detroit.

Kids Behind Bars

4. Kids Behind Bars

Air Date: 2009-01-11

Colorado's Youthful Offender System.

5. Alaska Bush Troopers

Air Date:

Alaska Bush Troopers must travel vast distances by airplane, boat and snowmobile to fight crime.

6. Aryan Brotherhood

Air Date:

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.

1. Female Felons

Air Date: 2009-06-14

The Maryland Correctional Institution for Women.

Sex Offenders

2. Sex Offenders

Air Date: 2009-07-12

Convicted sex offenders at Fremont Correctional in Colorado.

Bad Girls

3. Bad Girls

Air Date: 2010-03-28

At the Wayne County Jail, officers and counsellors struggle to rehabilitate female offenders, including thieves, drug addicts and prostitutes.

4. Kids Behind Bars

Air Date: 2010-05-02

Colorado's Youthful Offender System aims to break down criminal habits and gang mentalities, from first-time convicts to street-savvy veterans.

5. Shanks and Shakedowns

Air Date: 2010-05-12

Criminals in Cleveland, Ohio must pass through the Cuyahoga County Jail.

6. Gang Central

Air Date: 2010-10-03

Inmates in the largest county jail in Denver take advantage of the run down facility.

7. San Antonio Gang War

Air Date: 2010-12-15

Brutal gang wars rage inside Bexar County Jail; these are the officers in the middle of the war.

8. Officers Under Siege

Air Date: 2010-12-26

Officers at Hillsborough County Jail in Tampa, Fla. keep inmates safe and under control.

9. Chaos in California

Air Date: 2010-12-26

Sacramento County Jail; a couple is charged with torture; a woman's addictions land her in jail.

10. Blood on the Border

Air Date: 2010-12-29

Violent murders escalate in Juarez, making it the murder capital of Mexico.

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Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

2006-05-07

Episodes

30 (4 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast