American Crimes

Using a form of integration at Indiana State that goes beyond race, the Residential Treatment Unit selects inmates with a history of good behavior to live with and serve as mentors to inmates with mental health issues.

In a world dictated by fear, some resort to violence, and others become victims, while those on death row at Indiana State Prison can only wait for the inevitable.

An esteemed doctor turns to white-collar crime and becomes a most-wanted fugitive.

Few are familiar with the betrayal that helped land Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, billionaire drug lord and for years the world's most wanted man, in prison; the Flores twins earned El Chapo's trust and then helped the Feds put him away for life.

In Laguna Beach, social climber Elizabeth Mulder finances her plastic surgery, Arabian horses, and ocean view real estate worth millions by swindling her best friends.

An inmate with a record dating back to age 14 comes to terms with his past and present; another inmate is left cut and bleeding after he is caught off guard during a vicious assault inside the Kent County Jail.

Behind the circular walls of Kent County Jail an inmate tries to leave jail the hard way; a female inmate convicted of her fifth drunken driving charge could lose everything; an outcast inmate makes a comment that sparks both violence and panic.

Deputies respond to a possible gang beating, but the surveillance cameras don't catch anything; a wounded warrior faces a new battle when he and his girlfriend both get arrested.

At San Quentin, every inmate is marked with a security level based on his crime and prison behavior; serving as a reception center, the overpopulated prison must house a dangerous mix of levels within proximity of one another.

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.

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

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.

The Penitentiary of New Mexico houses both low level and max-security inmates; Level 6 inmates like Chris Shiverdecker, who has a MacGyver-like prison reputation, are still eligible for hearings that could change custody level and security status.

How gangs are managed in the jail system; how family relationships affect the jail experience.

An inmate with a record dating back to age 14 comes to terms with his past and present; another inmate is left cut and bleeding after he is caught off guard during a vicious assault inside the Kent County Jail.

Behind the circular walls of Kent County Jail an inmate tries to leave jail the hard way; a female inmate convicted of her fifth drunken driving charge could lose everything; an outcast inmate makes a comment that sparks both violence and panic.

Deputies respond to a possible gang beating, but the surveillance cameras don't catch anything; a wounded warrior faces a new battle when he and his girlfriend both get arrested.

At San Quentin, every inmate is marked with a security level based on his crime and prison behavior; serving as a reception center, the overpopulated prison must house a dangerous mix of levels within proximity of one another.

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.

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

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.

The Penitentiary of New Mexico houses both low level and max-security inmates; Level 6 inmates like Chris Shiverdecker, who has a MacGyver-like prison reputation, are still eligible for hearings that could change custody level and security status.

How gangs are managed in the jail system; how family relationships affect the jail experience.

An inmate with a record dating back to age 14 comes to terms with his past and present; another inmate is left cut and bleeding after he is caught off guard during a vicious assault inside the Kent County Jail.

Behind the circular walls of Kent County Jail an inmate tries to leave jail the hard way; a female inmate convicted of her fifth drunken driving charge could lose everything; an outcast inmate makes a comment that sparks both violence and panic.

Deputies respond to a possible gang beating, but the surveillance cameras don't catch anything; a wounded warrior faces a new battle when he and his girlfriend both get arrested.

At San Quentin, every inmate is marked with a security level based on his crime and prison behavior; serving as a reception center, the overpopulated prison must house a dangerous mix of levels within proximity of one another.

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.

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