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- As violence escalates between rival prison gangs, prison staff fear they're on the brink of war.
- In an ongoing game of cat and mouse, prison inmates do whatever it takes to outwit officers.
- National Geographic hangs with deputies and three inmates over a one-month period in the Multnomah County Detention Center, Portland, Oregon's maximum-security jail.
- Wyoming State Penitentiary is severely understaffed and overcrowded. How will three new recruits face the challenges of officer training, manipulative inmates, and working in a dangerous environment where escape and murder are realities?
- In Iowa's Fort Dodge Correctional Facility young offenders are sent straight into the lion's den -- the cellblocks and the yard, where predators and gang members lurk.
- At Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois, National Geographic goes inside one of America's oldest and most notorious prisons, where inmates are often locked down 24 hours a day for days at a time.
- With the highest homicide rate in the nation, the streets of Detroit are rampant with violent crimes, drug abuse and prostitution. But at the citys Wayne County Jail, female offenders are offered one last chance to clean up their lives.
- Imagine trying to study surrounded by murders and rapists. Prisoners face this challenge daily while participating in a college education program run by inmates.
- Maryland's only female prison holds women from petty dealers to cold-blooded killers. Each with their own story, a young lifer, a mother-to-be, and a recovering crack addict illustrate the challenges of women behind bars.
- The newest and largest prison in Colorado is home to more than 2,000 killers, kidnappers and drug dealers. Here the warden and his team must control some of the toughest and most aggressive offenders and even work to turn them around.
- At St. Louis County Jail tensions could erupt at any moment, but for each unit of 67 inmates, there's just one corrections officer - armed with nothing but a panic button and pepper spray - to keep all hell from breaking loose.
- Just a few miles south of the U.S. border lies one of Mexico's most notorious penitentiaries. Meet Rogelio, a suspected gang member; Raul and Rosi, who fell in love behind bars; and Vincent, an American in solitary for his own protection.
- Lockdown goes behind the razor wire for an in-depth look at Cleaveland's Cuyahoga County Jail. See the drama unfold as the Special Response Team faces a new gang that preys on other inmates.
- As violence escalates between rival prison gangs, prison staff fear they're on the brink of war.
- At Colorado's innovative Youthful Offender System, violent juvenile felons are given a last chance at a crime-free life before going to adult prisons. But if they fail, hard time could mean sexual abuse or risk of suicide.
- National Geographic provides a rare opportunity to see sex offenders up close and to hear from them about their terrible crimes, the impact of treatment, and the dangers of life behind bars.
- Lockdown goes inside Pelican Bay State Prison where they lock up gang members too dangerous to keep anywhere else.
- Enforcing the law in the vast and nearly road-less region of the Alaskan outback presents extreme challenges for Alaska bush troopers.
- Step inside the Utah State Prison where one in four of the state's most dangerous criminals have gang ties. Find out why the imates put their gang first, no matter what -- even if it means losing custody of their children.
- Lockdown goes inside one of the country's most secure prisons - Oak Park Heights Supermax.