Former gang members attempt to leave deadly rivalries behind, then the men in another housing unit deal with a completely different set of issues a surprise contraband raid turns one housing unit upside down.
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Inside San Quentin, gangs, drugs and sheer boredom make up a violent mix Scanvinski Hymes has been in prison since he was 18 years old almost 20 years later, he's racked up the highest number of violent offenses in California prison history.
San Quentin's warden says that other than an inmate's release date, visits are the most important things in their lives for some, visits are rare moments of intimacy for others, they are business transaction opportunities.
Boredom reigns supreme for prisoners who spend endless hours, days and months confined to their cells some have devised creative ways to pass the time one inmate is creating a wall mural, but not with real art supplies.
As the oldest prison in California, San Quentin is steeped in a violent history, so it has a set of regulations and procedures to maintain order inmates often operate under a different code of conduct gangs control "prison politics."
Burnout is a constant problem and unexcused absences create staff shortages at Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility that means that designated jobs, like cell searches, which each shift has a requirement to perform, don't always get done.
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.
A night at the beach in his brother's truck sends a repeat offender back to jail a Christmas morning hold-up leaves a young man dead and four people in jail with serious charges.
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 close proximity of one another.
San Quentin has one of the longest histories of violence whether it's an inmate fresh off the street, a gang dropout in protective custody, or an officer trying to maintain order, they've all fallen victim to violent attacks.
Two seemingly elderly California women befriend homeless men, then kill them to collect insurance money.
Hedge-fund manager Samuel Israel III fakes his own death after defrauding investors of more than $450 million.
Multimillion-dollar settlement for ailing Fen-phen users hijacked by their attorneys.
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.
A school supply vendor steals millions from Detroit public schools by enlisting shady school officials crooks use photos of real military men to lure women into sending them love and money.
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.
Musician Donald "Ski" Johnson uses his Jazz for Life foundation to make empty promises that leaves generous donors feeling scammed when his bogus trips to the Grammy Awards turn into red carpet nightmares.
Lobsang Dargey, a Tibetan Buddhist Monk, escapes Chinese oppression and claws his way to freedom in the U.S. uneducated and broke, but rich with ambition, Dargey catapults from odd jobs to real estate development.
A school supply vendor steals millions from Detroit public schools by enlisting shady school officials crooks use photos of real military men to lure women into sending them love and money.
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.
Musician Donald "Ski" Johnson uses his Jazz for Life foundation to make empty promises that leaves generous donors feeling scammed when his bogus trips to the Grammy Awards turn into red carpet nightmares.
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