American Crimes

CEO Jacob Kingston appears to be a rising star in Utah's fledgling biofuel industry, until a member of a secretive polygamist group called The Order reveals that Kingston is committing a 1.1 billion dollar fraud.

A sting operation brings down a Denver businessman; a charismatic con man uses the promise of huge returns to put $30 million in his own pocket.

A murderous shooting spree erupts on a major religious holiday; a new inmate catches the jail staff's attention; a father of five receives haunting news from home.

The arrest of two brothers in the murders of four women.

In San Antonio, Texas, rival gangs shed blood in a power struggle to control a wide range of criminal activity including drugs, prostitution and human trafficking; this turf war has expanded from the streets to inside the walls of Bexar County Jail.

Gang members disrupt a housing unit, and when inmates flood their cells, the Special Emergency Response Team, or SERT, takes action, placing one inmate in special restraints; a female inmate poses a dangerous threat to staff.

One inmate's stress prompts an emergency response; a repeat offender is charged with beating her mother, and now must rely on her own daughter for support; an inmate known for his brawn decides to focus on his brain.

Police take a young man into custody following the murder of a 15-year-old boy in his Louisville, Ky., home; the jail finds itself with a multitude of related high-profile cases.

Solitary confinement is one of the most common methods for disciplining inmates, but it's also a very controversial issue.

Addiction leads prisoners to serious crime to fuel their habits.

Jail stays are getting longer and many inmates have very little, leading to violence erupting over any perceived slight, especially if it involves food.

A murderous shooting spree erupts on a major religious holiday; a new inmate catches the jail staff's attention; a father of five receives haunting news from home.

The arrest of two brothers in the murders of four women.

In San Antonio, Texas, rival gangs shed blood in a power struggle to control a wide range of criminal activity including drugs, prostitution and human trafficking; this turf war has expanded from the streets to inside the walls of Bexar County Jail.

Gang members disrupt a housing unit, and when inmates flood their cells, the Special Emergency Response Team, or SERT, takes action, placing one inmate in special restraints; a female inmate poses a dangerous threat to staff.

One inmate's stress prompts an emergency response; a repeat offender is charged with beating her mother, and now must rely on her own daughter for support; an inmate known for his brawn decides to focus on his brain.

Police take a young man into custody following the murder of a 15-year-old boy in his Louisville, Ky., home; the jail finds itself with a multitude of related high-profile cases.

Solitary confinement is one of the most common methods for disciplining inmates, but it's also a very controversial issue.

Addiction leads prisoners to serious crime to fuel their habits.

Jail stays are getting longer and many inmates have very little, leading to violence erupting over any perceived slight, especially if it involves food.

A murderous shooting spree erupts on a major religious holiday; a new inmate catches the jail staff's attention; a father of five receives haunting news from home.

The arrest of two brothers in the murders of four women.

In San Antonio, Texas, rival gangs shed blood in a power struggle to control a wide range of criminal activity including drugs, prostitution and human trafficking; this turf war has expanded from the streets to inside the walls of Bexar County Jail.

Gang members disrupt a housing unit, and when inmates flood their cells, the Special Emergency Response Team, or SERT, takes action, placing one inmate in special restraints; a female inmate poses a dangerous threat to staff.

One inmate's stress prompts an emergency response; a repeat offender is charged with beating her mother, and now must rely on her own daughter for support; an inmate known for his brawn decides to focus on his brain.

Police take a young man into custody following the murder of a 15-year-old boy in his Louisville, Ky., home; the jail finds itself with a multitude of related high-profile cases.