American Crimes

The Cuyahoga County Correction Center resides in the heart of Cleveland's downtown; a tip leads to an escape plot; a shank turns up in the kitchen; a younger inmate takes a swing at an officer.

An inmate with a reputation for trouble goes up against a no-nonsense warden; a 71-year-old woman faces conviction for an investment scheme that left nearly 800 victims in its wake; segregating identical twins.

In the Cuyahoga Country Correction Center's intake department an out-of-control inmate creates chaos; an inmate who has spent 24 years on Death Row may be facing freedom.

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.

Inmates at Tennessee Prison For Women gain career skills by taking part in a cosmetology program.

California State Prison, Corcoran is a turbulent sea of politics: from old school prison gangs to disruptive street gangs, it's a dangerous mix for staff and inmates; known gang members are sent to security housing units to control their activity.

Prison is a lonely place for any inmate; relationships that existed on the outside become strained and the ones that blossom within the prison walls are often dangerous; or they can be simply a one-sided obsession, leading to nothing but trouble.

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.

Life inside the Cuyahoga County Correction Center; members of the jail's most predatory gang set their sights on vulnerable prey; an inmate suffers an apparent breakdown.

The Cuyahoga County Correction Center resides in the heart of Cleveland's downtown; a tip leads to an escape plot; a shank turns up in the kitchen; a younger inmate takes a swing at an officer.

An inmate with a reputation for trouble goes up against a no-nonsense warden; a 71-year-old woman faces conviction for an investment scheme that left nearly 800 victims in its wake; segregating identical twins.

In the Cuyahoga Country Correction Center's intake department an out-of-control inmate creates chaos; an inmate who has spent 24 years on Death Row may be facing freedom.

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.

Inmates at Tennessee Prison For Women gain career skills by taking part in a cosmetology program.

Up-close and personal with transgender inmates, and inmates with dreams of stardom.

Producers take the time to get to know dozens of inmates, following the action and watching the story unfold in from of their eyes.

Our Lockup crews have found out many times that you never know when things will detonate.

A female inmate finds romance with an alleged gang leader and the jailhouse prepares for a wedding; a very powerful inmate must make a choice between his crime family and his real family.

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.

Before any inmate sees the inside of a prison, he has most likely first seen the inside of a jail; nnothing about jail is for the faint of heart; for some, jail is the ultimate limbo between freedom and a life behind bars or even worse.

From small towns to big cities, virtually every jail and prison in the United States deals with a gang problem; for some, suppressing gangs is a daily challenge that comes with life or death consequences.

The communities in Fairfax County, Virginia, have become some of the wealthiest and fastest growing in the nation, due in part to low crime rates, and, as one deputy says, taking care of the "little things" so "you don't have the big things.".

A self-described white supremacist may not be who he says he is and that could make him a marked man among other white supremacists; another inmate attempts to hide the true nature of his recent conviction.

Up-close and personal with transgender inmates, and inmates with dreams of stardom.

Producers take the time to get to know dozens of inmates, following the action and watching the story unfold in from of their eyes.

Our Lockup crews have found out many times that you never know when things will detonate.

A female inmate finds romance with an alleged gang leader and the jailhouse prepares for a wedding; a very powerful inmate must make a choice between his crime family and his real family.

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.

Before any inmate sees the inside of a prison, he has most likely first seen the inside of a jail; nnothing about jail is for the faint of heart; for some, jail is the ultimate limbo between freedom and a life behind bars or even worse.

From small towns to big cities, virtually every jail and prison in the United States deals with a gang problem; for some, suppressing gangs is a daily challenge that comes with life or death consequences.

The communities in Fairfax County, Virginia, have become some of the wealthiest and fastest growing in the nation, due in part to low crime rates, and, as one deputy says, taking care of the "little things" so "you don't have the big things.".

A self-described white supremacist may not be who he says he is and that could make him a marked man among other white supremacists; another inmate attempts to hide the true nature of his recent conviction.

Up-close and personal with transgender inmates, and inmates with dreams of stardom.

Producers take the time to get to know dozens of inmates, following the action and watching the story unfold in from of their eyes.

Our Lockup crews have found out many times that you never know when things will detonate.

A female inmate finds romance with an alleged gang leader and the jailhouse prepares for a wedding; a very powerful inmate must make a choice between his crime family and his real family.

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.

Before any inmate sees the inside of a prison, he has most likely first seen the inside of a jail; nnothing about jail is for the faint of heart; for some, jail is the ultimate limbo between freedom and a life behind bars or even worse.

From small towns to big cities, virtually every jail and prison in the United States deals with a gang problem; for some, suppressing gangs is a daily challenge that comes with life or death consequences.

The communities in Fairfax County, Virginia, have become some of the wealthiest and fastest growing in the nation, due in part to low crime rates, and, as one deputy says, taking care of the "little things" so "you don't have the big things.".

A self-described white supremacist may not be who he says he is and that could make him a marked man among other white supremacists; another inmate attempts to hide the true nature of his recent conviction.

Up-close and personal with transgender inmates, and inmates with dreams of stardom.

An independent film spins out of control when a filmmaker's silent partner and spiritual guru helps himself to investor funds.

Stockbroker Jordan Belfort pleads guilty to fraud and does jail time; Belfort gets a Hollywood makeover.

One man's bold scheme to get rich quick; Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation's oldest crimes, making counterfeit money.

Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation's oldest crimes - making counterfeit money.

Miami party boys turned arms dealers bid on government contracts worth millions to fight the war on terror, inspiring the 2016 film "War Dogs.".

A man steals millions from rich wine clients, and spends the money on fast cars and faster hookups, until he himself falls prey to a scheme.

Scammers blow up a house for insurance money, but end up engulfing dozens of homes in flames and killing a young couple.

Inside the rise and near-collapse of WeWork, the startup co-founded by its former CEO, Adam Neumann, who mesmerizes venture capitalists with grandiose promises, even though WeWork turns out to be a traditional real estate leasing business.

T.R. Wright -- the architect of what's been called the wildest insurance fraud scheme Texas has ever seen -- shares his almost-too-crazy-to-be-true story with American Greed.

Karl Karlsen is a hardworking man with what seems to be a terrible streak of bad luck, as his wife and son both die in accidents nearly 20 years apart; Karl has a secret: their suspicious deaths have been keeping his bank account full.

An independent film spins out of control when a filmmaker's silent partner and spiritual guru helps himself to investor funds.

Stockbroker Jordan Belfort pleads guilty to fraud and does jail time; Belfort gets a Hollywood makeover.

One man's bold scheme to get rich quick; Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation's oldest crimes, making counterfeit money.

Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation's oldest crimes - making counterfeit money.

Miami party boys turned arms dealers bid on government contracts worth millions to fight the war on terror, inspiring the 2016 film "War Dogs.".

A man steals millions from rich wine clients, and spends the money on fast cars and faster hookups, until he himself falls prey to a scheme.

Scammers blow up a house for insurance money, but end up engulfing dozens of homes in flames and killing a young couple.

Inside the rise and near-collapse of WeWork, the startup co-founded by its former CEO, Adam Neumann, who mesmerizes venture capitalists with grandiose promises, even though WeWork turns out to be a traditional real estate leasing business.

T.R. Wright -- the architect of what's been called the wildest insurance fraud scheme Texas has ever seen -- shares his almost-too-crazy-to-be-true story with American Greed.

Karl Karlsen is a hardworking man with what seems to be a terrible streak of bad luck, as his wife and son both die in accidents nearly 20 years apart; Karl has a secret: their suspicious deaths have been keeping his bank account full.

An independent film spins out of control when a filmmaker's silent partner and spiritual guru helps himself to investor funds.

Stockbroker Jordan Belfort pleads guilty to fraud and does jail time; Belfort gets a Hollywood makeover.

One man's bold scheme to get rich quick; Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation's oldest crimes, making counterfeit money.

Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation's oldest crimes - making counterfeit money.

Miami party boys turned arms dealers bid on government contracts worth millions to fight the war on terror, inspiring the 2016 film "War Dogs.".