American Crimes

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.

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.

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.

Well-heeled financial advisor Peggy Ann Fulford builds a cache of all-star clients and a personal fortune by convincing A-list players like Dennis Rodman that she's in their corner.

Chris Epps charms his way up the ladder, from prison guard to the top post of Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner. Once in office, he and his businessman buddy, Cecil McCrory, set up shop, siphoning kickbacks and bribes.

Indiana's Wabash Valley Correctional Facility is an isolated fortress with three officers for every 200 inmates; some inmates find themselves in racial conflict, while others seek conflict elsewhere.

The vast majority of inmates live in two-man cells but even with careful screening, conflicts can still arise between cell mates; one inmate covers up his own beating, and plucked from death row, another inmate tries to make a difference.

A brutal stabbing puts Indiana State Prison on edge; a brash new inmate gets taken down a notch; two buddies do their time together; cameras are put into the hands of inmates who share intimate thoughts about life behind bars.

At Indiana State Prison, visitation is a valued privilege for inmates, but it can also be abused; it's the most common route for contraband to enter the prison; an anonymous tip has put Internal Affairs on high alert.

From the most trusted inmates, working at the prison barbershop, to inmate assaults on prison staff, or inmates who turn violence against themselves, at Indiana State Prison, "cutting" has many meanings.

For some kids, the revolving door of lockup seems to snag one generation after the next; 17-year-old Kenneth and 14-year-old Kentrell, have 10 brothers and sisters, a father in prison and a mother with a criminal record for public nuisance.

Of the nearly 1,000 inmates at Holman, the 200 most dangerous must be segregated from the rest; Bobby Gilbert, or "Snake", has spent 19 of his 43 years in the solitary confinement of Ad Seg. because of his violent behavior.

The jail's Special Operations Group is called in to deal with a difficult inmate; a well-known inmate returns to jail, but this time, he's in with his girlfriend, who might be harboring a secret that could dramatically affect both their lives.

A fight breaks out over snacks but officers want to know if there was something else behind it; an open transgender inmate, who "escorts" on the street, chooses general population over protective custody; an inmate is found dead in his bunk.

Indiana's Wabash Valley Correctional Facility is an isolated fortress with three officers for every 200 inmates; some inmates find themselves in racial conflict, while others seek conflict elsewhere.

The vast majority of inmates live in two-man cells but even with careful screening, conflicts can still arise between cell mates; one inmate covers up his own beating, and plucked from death row, another inmate tries to make a difference.

A brutal stabbing puts Indiana State Prison on edge; a brash new inmate gets taken down a notch; two buddies do their time together; cameras are put into the hands of inmates who share intimate thoughts about life behind bars.

At Indiana State Prison, visitation is a valued privilege for inmates, but it can also be abused; it's the most common route for contraband to enter the prison; an anonymous tip has put Internal Affairs on high alert.

From the most trusted inmates, working at the prison barbershop, to inmate assaults on prison staff, or inmates who turn violence against themselves, at Indiana State Prison, "cutting" has many meanings.

For some kids, the revolving door of lockup seems to snag one generation after the next; 17-year-old Kenneth and 14-year-old Kentrell, have 10 brothers and sisters, a father in prison and a mother with a criminal record for public nuisance.

Of the nearly 1,000 inmates at Holman, the 200 most dangerous must be segregated from the rest; Bobby Gilbert, or "Snake", has spent 19 of his 43 years in the solitary confinement of Ad Seg. because of his violent behavior.

The jail's Special Operations Group is called in to deal with a difficult inmate; a well-known inmate returns to jail, but this time, he's in with his girlfriend, who might be harboring a secret that could dramatically affect both their lives.

A fight breaks out over snacks but officers want to know if there was something else behind it; an open transgender inmate, who "escorts" on the street, chooses general population over protective custody; an inmate is found dead in his bunk.

Indiana's Wabash Valley Correctional Facility is an isolated fortress with three officers for every 200 inmates; some inmates find themselves in racial conflict, while others seek conflict elsewhere.

The vast majority of inmates live in two-man cells but even with careful screening, conflicts can still arise between cell mates; one inmate covers up his own beating, and plucked from death row, another inmate tries to make a difference.

A brutal stabbing puts Indiana State Prison on edge; a brash new inmate gets taken down a notch; two buddies do their time together; cameras are put into the hands of inmates who share intimate thoughts about life behind bars.

At Indiana State Prison, visitation is a valued privilege for inmates, but it can also be abused; it's the most common route for contraband to enter the prison; an anonymous tip has put Internal Affairs on high alert.

From the most trusted inmates, working at the prison barbershop, to inmate assaults on prison staff, or inmates who turn violence against themselves, at Indiana State Prison, "cutting" has many meanings.

For some kids, the revolving door of lockup seems to snag one generation after the next; 17-year-old Kenneth and 14-year-old Kentrell, have 10 brothers and sisters, a father in prison and a mother with a criminal record for public nuisance.