In Virginia, chaos takes over and officers spring into action when aggressive sisters Quaja and Quona and their cousin Tay-Tay are told they will be staying in jail overnight.
In an emotionally devastating encounter, a teen gang-banger has a heart-wrenching talk with his desperate and remorseful brother, who is incarcerated at the Chester County Jail, SC.
Nineteen-year-old Anthony is a self-described hustler, but when he angers the wrong inmate during St. Clair County Jail, IL's "Scared Straight" program, he suddenly finds himself at the center of a screaming mob.
Akira, a 14-year-old fighter whose father recently died, erupts in rage until the inmates and deputies of Virginia's Portsmouth County Regional Jail make her realize the source of her anger.
A twelve-year-old boy genius, who is convinced he can outsmart anyone, is tested in the fundamentals of jail-house survival at Georgia's Dougherty County Jail.
A 17-year-old thief named Corey steals multiple cars and has no remorse about being "gone in 60 seconds". When he discovers his step-dad imprisoned inside Fulton County Jail, GA his world comes crashing down.