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American Greed
U.S. law enforcement teams up with Jamaican authorities to stop criminals using call centers in Jamaica to flood the U.S. with lies about lottery millions won by unsuspecting victims.
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Lockup: Grand Rapids: Extended Stay
A gangbanger squares off with his victim's family in court and with another inmate inside the jail; the Kent County Jail staff must deal with a former colleague gone bad.
Lockup: Grand Rapids: Extended Stay
Behind the razor wire topped fences and brick walls of the Kent County Jail an inmate worker deals with the pressure of trying to create the jail's most popular dish; a pair of incarcerated lovers might end up having another mouth to feed.
Lockup: Corcoran: Extended Stay
Inmates have been dreaming up new ways to smuggle in contraband since Corcoran opened its doors in 1988; whether in the form of drugs or weapons, it's always a race against time for prison officials to find the banned items before it's too late.
Lockup: Corcoran: Extended Stay
Bad decisions have landed thousands of inmates in Corcoran; once in prison, they've got two choices, do their time and go home or become even more destructive on the inside; the path they choose could determine the difference between life and death.
Lockup: Cleveland: Extended Stay
The tenth floor of Cuyahoga County Correction Center contains the Special Response Team, or SERT, a tactical unit trained in the use of riot gear, non-lethal weapons and controlling high-risk inmates.
Lockup: Raw
Jail stays are getting longer and many inmates have very little, leading to violence erupting over any perceived slight, especially if it involves food.
Lockup: Raw
A look at female inmates that start off socializing, but end up creating a lot drama for the staff.
Lockup: Cincinnati: Extended Stay
A heroin addict must choose between the lifestyle she craves and the young son she has left behind; another seasoned female inmate is transferred back to the jail from state prison, but she suddenly finds herself on the wrong end of a fist.
Lockup: Colorado: Extended Stay
One reality of prison is that there's never a shortage of pain, and at the Limon Correctional Facility in Colorado, there's enough left over for the visitors as well; drama unfolds as a father and son try to reconcile a violent past.
Lockup: Colorado: Extended Stay
One reality of prison is that there's never a shortage of pain, and at the Limon Correctional Facility in Colorado, there's enough left over for the visitors as well; drama unfolds as a father and son try to reconcile a violent past.
Lockup: Grand Rapids: Extended Stay
A gangbanger squares off with his victim's family in court and with another inmate inside the jail; the Kent County Jail staff must deal with a former colleague gone bad.
Lockup: Grand Rapids: Extended Stay
Behind the razor wire topped fences and brick walls of the Kent County Jail an inmate worker deals with the pressure of trying to create the jail's most popular dish; a pair of incarcerated lovers might end up having another mouth to feed.
Lockup: Corcoran: Extended Stay
Inmates have been dreaming up new ways to smuggle in contraband since Corcoran opened its doors in 1988; whether in the form of drugs or weapons, it's always a race against time for prison officials to find the banned items before it's too late.
Lockup: Corcoran: Extended Stay
Bad decisions have landed thousands of inmates in Corcoran; once in prison, they've got two choices, do their time and go home or become even more destructive on the inside; the path they choose could determine the difference between life and death.
Lockup: Cleveland: Extended Stay
The tenth floor of Cuyahoga County Correction Center contains the Special Response Team, or SERT, a tactical unit trained in the use of riot gear, non-lethal weapons and controlling high-risk inmates.
Lockup: Raw
Jail stays are getting longer and many inmates have very little, leading to violence erupting over any perceived slight, especially if it involves food.
Lockup: Raw
A look at female inmates that start off socializing, but end up creating a lot drama for the staff.
Lockup: Cincinnati: Extended Stay
A heroin addict must choose between the lifestyle she craves and the young son she has left behind; another seasoned female inmate is transferred back to the jail from state prison, but she suddenly finds herself on the wrong end of a fist.
American Greed
Three Miami salesmen import billions of dollars' worth of gold from South America; they then learn that it has connections to drug cartels and organized crime.
American Greed
Trash-talking reality star Scott Menaged ("Property Wars") buys up hundreds of foreclosures in Phoenix, then his moneylender discovers that Menaged is a fraud, and the consequences are deadly.
American Greed
A brash New York stockbroker gets sober and reinvents himself as an international power player.
American Greed
Raj Rajaratnam created one of the biggest insider trading schemes in U.S. history.
American Greed
Russian gangsters use beautiful women to seduce amorous men in nightclubs out of their money and jewelry.
American Greed
A successful businesswoman is targeted by a serial grifter who poisons her for money.
American Greed
A Philadelphia con man gets four years in prison for leading a massive auto insurance fraud scheme that involves 267 associates, 187 fraudulent insurance claims and 44 car accidents.
American Greed
As the opioid epidemic destroys the lives of millions of Americans, billionaire drug mogul John Kapoor looks to cash in; he concocts a conspiracy to bribe doctors and lie to insurers to sell as much fentanyl as possible.
American Greed
Mike The Situation Sorrentino flaunts washboard abs and a party boy image, but when it comes to paying his taxes, he'd rather play than pay.
American Greed
From luxury properties to an ostrich coat, the hard charging political insider uses his power and influence to fuel a multimillion-dollar mortgage and tax fraud.
American Greed
As the opioid epidemic destroys the lives of millions of Americans, billionaire drug mogul John Kapoor looks to cash in; he concocts a conspiracy to bribe doctors and lie to insurers to sell as much fentanyl as possible.
American Greed
Mike The Situation Sorrentino flaunts washboard abs and a party boy image, but when it comes to paying his taxes, he'd rather play than pay.
American Greed
From luxury properties to an ostrich coat, the hard charging political insider uses his power and influence to fuel a multimillion-dollar mortgage and tax fraud.
American Greed
Three Miami salesmen import billions of dollars' worth of gold from South America; they then learn that it has connections to drug cartels and organized crime.
American Greed
Trash-talking reality star Scott Menaged ("Property Wars") buys up hundreds of foreclosures in Phoenix, then his moneylender discovers that Menaged is a fraud, and the consequences are deadly.
American Greed
A brash New York stockbroker gets sober and reinvents himself as an international power player.
American Greed
Raj Rajaratnam created one of the biggest insider trading schemes in U.S. history.
American Greed
Russian gangsters use beautiful women to seduce amorous men in nightclubs out of their money and jewelry.
American Greed
A successful businesswoman is targeted by a serial grifter who poisons her for money.
American Greed
A Philadelphia con man gets four years in prison for leading a massive auto insurance fraud scheme that involves 267 associates, 187 fraudulent insurance claims and 44 car accidents.
Lockup: Long Island: Extended Stay
A young couple comes to jail after a crime spree, but their stories don't add up; one of the jail's most prolific contraband smugglers makes her return, but staff cracks down on the pipeline.
Lockup: Cincinnati: Extended Stay
An online post from a diehard Dodgers fan leads to his arrest at a Reds game; a tragic shooting leaves one inmate facing prison time and outrage over his punishment leads to more arrests.
Lockup: New Mexico: Extended Stay
A low-level offender increases his sentence from 18 months to 16-and-a-half years after three separate counts of aggravated battery on an officer; the same inmate was banned from even non-contact visits after an affair with a prison staff nurse.
Lockup: New Mexico: Extended Stay
The Penitentiary of New Mexico houses both low level and max-security inmates; Level 6 inmates like Chris Shiverdecker, who has a MacGyver-like prison reputation, are still eligible for hearings that could change custody level and security status.
Lockup: New Mexico: Extended Stay
Inmates who become disruptive at the Penitentiary of New Mexico are transferred to the lock-up units in level 5 or 6; the trouble is, their behavior doesn't always improve; this is a lesson rookie officer Amy Lee is learning the hard way.
Lockup: Louisville: Extended Stay
A troubled young inmate, recently sentenced to prison, attempts to make a final impression on staff; a young woman who gave birth in the jail watches her baby grow up without her.
Lockup: Louisville: Extended Stay
The jail responds with force after an officer is assaulted and inmates attempt escape; an 18-year-old shoots her father to death then finds a surrogate mother on the inside.
Lockup: Tampa: Extended Stay
An inmate with suspicious tax forms becomes a problem for the jail, and a murder ends with the victim burned alive in a dumpster, pitting friends and family against each other.
Lockup: Raw
Addiction leads prisoners to serious crime to fuel their habits.
Lockup: Raw
Addiction leads prisoners to serious crime to fuel their habits.
Lockup: Long Island: Extended Stay
A young couple comes to jail after a crime spree, but their stories don't add up; one of the jail's most prolific contraband smugglers makes her return, but staff cracks down on the pipeline.
Lockup: Cincinnati: Extended Stay
An online post from a diehard Dodgers fan leads to his arrest at a Reds game; a tragic shooting leaves one inmate facing prison time and outrage over his punishment leads to more arrests.
Lockup: New Mexico: Extended Stay
A low-level offender increases his sentence from 18 months to 16-and-a-half years after three separate counts of aggravated battery on an officer; the same inmate was banned from even non-contact visits after an affair with a prison staff nurse.
Lockup: New Mexico: Extended Stay
The Penitentiary of New Mexico houses both low level and max-security inmates; Level 6 inmates like Chris Shiverdecker, who has a MacGyver-like prison reputation, are still eligible for hearings that could change custody level and security status.
Lockup: New Mexico: Extended Stay
Inmates who become disruptive at the Penitentiary of New Mexico are transferred to the lock-up units in level 5 or 6; the trouble is, their behavior doesn't always improve; this is a lesson rookie officer Amy Lee is learning the hard way.
Lockup: Louisville: Extended Stay
A troubled young inmate, recently sentenced to prison, attempts to make a final impression on staff; a young woman who gave birth in the jail watches her baby grow up without her.
Lockup: Louisville: Extended Stay
The jail responds with force after an officer is assaulted and inmates attempt escape; an 18-year-old shoots her father to death then finds a surrogate mother on the inside.
Lockup: Tampa: Extended Stay
An inmate with suspicious tax forms becomes a problem for the jail, and a murder ends with the victim burned alive in a dumpster, pitting friends and family against each other.
Lockup: Colorado: Extended Stay
Prison is an underground economy, where some deals are signed in ink and others are signed in blood; a rare look at the schemes, hustles and extortions conducted behind prison walls and the consequences they carry.
Lockup
Inmates at Tennessee Prison For Women gain career skills by taking part in a cosmetology program.
Lockup: Orange County: Extended Stay
Inside the Orange County Jail a senior inmate takes up rap; a gang member poses a threat; another inmate makes the most shocking confession ever heard on Lockup.
Lockup: New Mexico: Extended Stay
Prison officials initiate a shakedown after gang members in Level 6 overpower an officer in the recreation area, take her keys and stab a rival gang member; this type of incident simply adds to the tension already felt in the supermax facility.
Lockup: New Mexico: Extended Stay
For some inmates, the only way out of prison is "paroling legit," or leaving in a body bag; others earn a lump sum of good time by completing programs or holding a prison job, while a few will take any chance to try to escape.
Lockup: Louisville: Extended Stay
A repeat offender smuggles in contraband and an inmate becomes a marked man after murdering a Louisville rap star; a prescription pill epidemic takes its toll on the jail and drug use on the inside could keep another inmate from leaving.
Lockup: Wabash: Extended Stay
With over 2,000 inmates, the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility has a larger population and more acreage than the small town in which it's located; after a decade in confinement, one of Indiana's most infamous inmates moves to general population.
Lockup: Wabash: Extended Stay
The killer of a corrections officer fights to be freed from 16 years of solitary confinement, and boyhood friends struggle to parent their kids from behind prison walls; but one, cut-off from visits with his son, is on a razor's edge.
Lockup: Oakland: Extended Stay
A celebrity rapper enters the Santa Rita jail, but his arrest leaves a heartbroken girlfriend behind; two brothers deal with gangs, drugs and parenthood and a three-time convicted murderer claims he's killed others as well.
Lockup: Oakland: Extended Stay
A celebrity rapper enters the Santa Rita jail, but his arrest leaves a heartbroken girlfriend behind; two brothers deal with gangs, drugs and parenthood and a three-time convicted murderer claims he's killed others as well.