American Crimes

Russian gangsters use beautiful women to seduce amorous men in nightclubs out of their money and jewelry.

Mutual Benefits buys life insurance policies from AIDS patients, the chronically ill and seniors and fraudulently resells them as low risk investments to clients.

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

Before any inmate sees the inside of a prison, he has most likely first seen the inside of a jail; nothing 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 Chatham County Detention Center hosts an inmate who faces a life sentence for murdering his spouse; another inmate's illegal business stands in the way of him graduating from the jail's strict substance abuse program.

One inmate is tested when he returns to general population after spending months in the segregation unit; another inmate vows to do damage because he feels like an outcast.

A jail program attempts to save shelter dogs from being put down; an Army veteran must face his own demons; pregnant and charged with murder, one inmate must decide whether to turn in a family member to save herself.

Correctional officers are outnumbered 10 to 1 and are constantly searching over 1,000 inmates to find their home-made weapons, which are very easy to conceal; hours after the Lock-Up crew wraps shooting, an inmate is stabbed in the honor dorm.

Holman houses over 170 men who have been sentenced to death and are awaiting execution, as well as 360 who are serving life sentences without parole; all are living with the inevitable: that their only chance of getting out will be inside a coffin.

Additional footage from the "Lockup" series.

Wabash Valley Correctional Facility houses some of the highest security prisoners in the state; corrections staff investigate a potential escape plot and one inmate with a very familiar face tells their own story.

Before any inmate sees the inside of a prison, he has most likely first seen the inside of a jail; nothing 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 Chatham County Detention Center hosts an inmate who faces a life sentence for murdering his spouse; another inmate's illegal business stands in the way of him graduating from the jail's strict substance abuse program.

One inmate is tested when he returns to general population after spending months in the segregation unit; another inmate vows to do damage because he feels like an outcast.

A jail program attempts to save shelter dogs from being put down; an Army veteran must face his own demons; pregnant and charged with murder, one inmate must decide whether to turn in a family member to save herself.

Correctional officers are outnumbered 10 to 1 and are constantly searching over 1,000 inmates to find their home-made weapons, which are very easy to conceal; hours after the Lock-Up crew wraps shooting, an inmate is stabbed in the honor dorm.

Holman houses over 170 men who have been sentenced to death and are awaiting execution, as well as 360 who are serving life sentences without parole; all are living with the inevitable: that their only chance of getting out will be inside a coffin.

Additional footage from the "Lockup" series.

Wabash Valley Correctional Facility houses some of the highest security prisoners in the state; corrections staff investigate a potential escape plot and one inmate with a very familiar face tells their own story.

Before any inmate sees the inside of a prison, he has most likely first seen the inside of a jail; nothing 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 Chatham County Detention Center hosts an inmate who faces a life sentence for murdering his spouse; another inmate's illegal business stands in the way of him graduating from the jail's strict substance abuse program.

One inmate is tested when he returns to general population after spending months in the segregation unit; another inmate vows to do damage because he feels like an outcast.

A jail program attempts to save shelter dogs from being put down; an Army veteran must face his own demons; pregnant and charged with murder, one inmate must decide whether to turn in a family member to save herself.