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The education and rehabilitation of teenage gang members, sex offenders and juveniles with mental he...

Pendleton Juvenile prison.

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Riverbend Maximum Security Prison inmates tell their stories.

Inmates of California's Valley State Prison for Women try rehabilitation.

See how the once-infamous Rikers Island jail has reinvented itself.

Inside the largest maximum security facility in Salt Lake City. A "jail within a prison" protects so...

Revealing of how these women deal with relationships and struggles.

Behind the walls of Kentucky's only maximum security prison.

Inside the maximum security facility in Eastern Iowa.

One of the most violent and volatile penitentiaries in the nation.

The Corcoran State Prison, located in an isolated valley, is one of California's largest maximum-sec...

California's Kern Valley State Prison opens its doors in 2005.

Miami's prison system.

Oklahoma inmates tell their own remarkable stories.

Half of Chicago's Stateville Correctional Center's inmates are imprisoned for murder.

LA County Jail is a system that is overcrowded, tough on gangs, and struggling with an increase in r...

Inside the maximum security prison inmates call 'the end of the world.'

A profile of San Quentin State Prison in California; one of the most famous, most notorious penitent...

California's Kern Valley State Prison opens its doors in 2005.

Alabama's Holman maximum security prison.

The violent history of San Quentin State Prison in California.

Inmates at San Quentin State Prison find ways to fight boredom.

Inmates receive visitors during their prison stays.

A dangerous combination of gangs, drugs and boredom encourages inmates to commit violent offenses in...

A 20-year-old inmate speaks about how he grew up on the streets and what motivates him to turn his l...

The prison's annual poetry slam.

Grantt Culliver controls the disruptive inmates of Holman Correctional Facility.

Relationships both inside and outside the prison walls.

Dangerous inmates are segregated from the rest of the prison population.

Correctional officers search prisoners for weapons.

Serving life sentences or death sentences in prison.

Unexcused absences create staff shortages at Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility.

Nine of the most violent criminals from the 'Lockup' series give chilling accounts of their crimes.

Inmates must develop methods to cope with the pressures and fear that come with incarceration.

Inmate violence including riots, shanks and attacks on officers.

Inmates' unwritten rules known as the Convict Code.

On a regular basis camera crew explore where even the most heinous violations are an every day activ...

Intimacy in prison.

The daily grind of prison life has been known to push some inmates to the brink.

Idle time leads to mischief in prison.

Known gang members are sent to security housing units to control their activity.

Corcoran officers put their lives on the line to prevent inmate attacks.

Inmates find various ways to smuggle in contraband.

Survival is the number one priority for inmates and officers alike inside Corcoran.

Inmates must choose between doing their time or following a more self-destructive path.

There is never a dull moment in prison.

Three of America's busiest and largest jails.

Inmates with nothing left to lose.

In prison, knowing the right answers could mean the difference between life and death.

Prisoners take hostages in the Penitentiary of New Mexico.

Inmates land longer sentences due to bad behavior.

The dangerous inmates of Level Six in the Penitentiary of New Mexico.

Inmates who become disruptive or violent are transferred to the lock-up units in levels five and six...

Prison officials initiate a shakedown after gang members in Level 6 overpower an officer in the recr...

Some inmates leave prison by 'paroling legit' or in a body bag and others earn time for early parole...

The experience of interviewing violent offenders in prison.

An inmate feels his survival depends on staying in prison; prison food.

Joining a gang while in prison.

How inmates spend their time in jail.

A stabbing puts the prison on high alert; a brash new inmate gets taken down a notch.

An anonymous tip puts Internal Affairs on high alert.

The many meanings of 'cutting' at Indiana State Prison.

Contraband finds its way to the inmates.

The Residential Treatment Unit.

Some prisoners resort to violence while others become victims.

While visiting Limon Correctional, the Lockup crew is greeted by angry inmates and the cell extracti...

Behind the walls of six maximum-security prison in Serbia, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

Life inside prisons throughout Scotland and Belgium.

Extractions at Colorado State Penitentiary.

Violence at the Limon Correctional Facility in Colorado.

Tennessee Prison for Women along the banks of the Cumberland River is home to more than 700 inmates.

Five notorious inmates reveal insights into their predatory behavior.

Long periods of monotony are broken up by brief moments of terror.

Adapting to life in American prisons.

In a life full of restrictions, we've seen inmates take control of whatever they can, despite the co...

Every murder has a motive and often the murder is committed by the least likely person.

Three inmates prepare to cross the threshold to freedom.

The most extreme Lockup stories ever. These are the prison stories best described by one word. And t...

In prison, as on the outside, a single decision can change a persons life forever. And we've seen in...

A female housing unit inmates call a party house will turn a new inmates life upside down.

Located on the top floor of Maricopa County's Fourth Avenue Jail Facility, are the highest-security...

Behind the bars of Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix, run by controversial figure in the immigration b...

In one of Maricopa's primary men's facilities, the Fourth Avenue Jail, when inmates are not in their...

No matter the circumstances that brought them there, Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix, Arizona, will...

A world where tensions run high especially for a mother and son who were accused of a heinous murder...

Producers take the time to get to know dozens of inmates, following the action and watching the stor...

Sometimes life has other plans, like when the ex leader of a gang faces a whole new reality he disco...

No escaping the consequences of one's actions behind bars.

Sometimes life has other plans, like when the ex-leader of a white supremacist gang faces a whole ne...

Relationships on the inside can be more complicated than on the outside.

In prison time can be an inmates worst enemy.

America's Toughest Jail where we find stories that ranged from the unexpected to horrifying.

For some prison might be hell and it can be even worse for the sex offenders.

Inside Orange County Jail confinement takes a dark turn for a light-hearted teenager, but provides a...

Follow the lives of inmates after they have left prison who have been previously featured on the sho...

Over the past ten years, the structure of local gangs has changed and that's had a serious impact on...

Boston, Massachusetts is by any standard a world-class city. But ever since its colonial days, some...

Many inmates use their time in jail to get clean off drugs and get their lives on the right path. Ot...

While Boston, Massachusetts maintains its colonial past, it's ranked as one of the world's leading m...

An inmate attempts to change his reputation. Another inmate, desperate for a transfer, acts out with...

Inmates at the Suffolk County Jail look forward to mealtimes, often for reasons that have nothing to...

In prison for the murder of a lottery winner, Dee Dee Moore discusses her hopes for the future - inc...

While facing the consequences of dealing drugs, Michael Garcia re-evaluates his outlook on life, dev...

Jason Flores was the victim of a horrible crime as a child. Now an adult, serving time himself, he i...

Ex-couple Rosanna DiMauro and Kasey Ackerman plead not guilty to a violent crime in which a man was...

In this hour, an inmate with a long record runs an extortion scheme, while drugs inside the jail pos...

A look at life in jail, which generally houses inmates who are waiting for their trials or serving r...

Meet Danny Pritchett, who has a history of being a predatory inmate, both inside and outside of pris...

Bobby Ray Gilbert is easily one of the most volatile inmates to ever appear on Lockup. Is it possibl...

A lunchtime dispute turns violent in the first episode of the series about life inside the Louisvill...

An inmate behaves erratically; an accused murderer faces the death penalty while his girlfriend is b...

A repeat offender tries to smuggle contraband into the jail; an inmate is targeted for allegedly kil...

An inmate's actions lead to an emergency response; a repeat offender accused of assaulting her mothe...

A troubled inmate tries to make an impression; another inmate acts out; a woman who gave birth in th...

An officer is assaulted; inmates try to escape; a young woman finds a surrogate mother on the inside...

A celebrity rapper enters the Santa Rita jail; brothers deal with gangs, drugs and parenthood; a thr...

Gang members cause chaos in a housing unit, forcing SERT to step in to restore order and place an in...

A two-on-one assault leaves an inmate bloodied; a self-avowed Satanist runs a variety of inmate hust...

An inmate causes chaos after accusing the staff of abuse; one inmate claims jail saved his life; the...

Former gang members try to put their rivalries behind them, but not all can let go of the past; a co...

An inmate's mail has jail officials concerned; an inmate is charged with sexually molesting his brot...

Cases involving a suicide, a stabbing and a man found in a Beverly Hills fountain are investigated b...

Five miles from the riverfront hotels and restaurants of Savannah, Georgia, is a more ominous site,...

A young couple's plans for a romantic weekend end in a nightmare; segregation awaits two women invol...

One man prepares for life behind bars after running someone down with his car; another man must be p...

The Chatham County Detention Center hosts an inmate who faces a life sentence for murdering his spou...

An inmate is tested when he returns to general population after spending months in the segregation u...