American Crimes

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.

While an estimated $100 billion in COVID relief funds is stolen, this seasoned family of fraudsters easily grabs millions of dollars Americans desperately need to buy themselves mansions, jewelry and gold.

A 28-year-old hacker named Daniel Rigmaiden allegedly steals millions of dollars from the U.S. government; a wise-guy wannabe, in witness protection creates a mortgage fraud scam.

The story of Milwaukee crime boss Michael Lock who leaves a murder trail on his way to bilking borrowers and lenders out of $2 million.

Shawn Merriman pleads guilty to mail fraud and is sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.

Lee Farkas invents fake loans and funnels millions in a scam that leaves thousands jobless and leads to one of the largest bank failures in America.

The $10 million king of counterfeit money lives it up.

An Italian real estate developer romances a Hollywood starlet and misappropriates investor funds.

A former Army intelligence officer steals millions through a fake veterans' charity.

A man and his brothers run a massive $40 million rare coin con until they're caught and embark on a grisly revenge plan.

In sun-drenched San Diego, entrepreneur and real estate developer Gina Champion-Cain lures in investors with a glamorous, beachy image and promises of sky-high returns on short-term liquor license loans.

While an estimated $100 billion in COVID relief funds is stolen, this seasoned family of fraudsters easily grabs millions of dollars Americans desperately need to buy themselves mansions, jewelry and gold.

A 28-year-old hacker named Daniel Rigmaiden allegedly steals millions of dollars from the U.S. government; a wise-guy wannabe, in witness protection creates a mortgage fraud scam.

The story of Milwaukee crime boss Michael Lock who leaves a murder trail on his way to bilking borrowers and lenders out of $2 million.

Shawn Merriman pleads guilty to mail fraud and is sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.

Lee Farkas invents fake loans and funnels millions in a scam that leaves thousands jobless and leads to one of the largest bank failures in America.

The $10 million king of counterfeit money lives it up.

An Italian real estate developer romances a Hollywood starlet and misappropriates investor funds.

A former Army intelligence officer steals millions through a fake veterans' charity.

A man and his brothers run a massive $40 million rare coin con until they're caught and embark on a grisly revenge plan.

In sun-drenched San Diego, entrepreneur and real estate developer Gina Champion-Cain lures in investors with a glamorous, beachy image and promises of sky-high returns on short-term liquor license loans.

While an estimated $100 billion in COVID relief funds is stolen, this seasoned family of fraudsters easily grabs millions of dollars Americans desperately need to buy themselves mansions, jewelry and gold.

A 28-year-old hacker named Daniel Rigmaiden allegedly steals millions of dollars from the U.S. government; a wise-guy wannabe, in witness protection creates a mortgage fraud scam.

The story of Milwaukee crime boss Michael Lock who leaves a murder trail on his way to bilking borrowers and lenders out of $2 million.

Shawn Merriman pleads guilty to mail fraud and is sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.

Lee Farkas invents fake loans and funnels millions in a scam that leaves thousands jobless and leads to one of the largest bank failures in America.