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Most of Angola's 5,000 maximum-security inmates will never see the outside world again. Formerly a slave plantation in a remote area of Louisiana, in the 1930s Angola remained backward and brutal and by 1975, with increasing crowding and violence, became known as the "Bloodiest Prison in America". Paul Sorvino narrates.

Opened in 1824, the original plan for Maine State Prison in Thomaston called for prisoners to remain in solitary confinement and darkness for the duration of their sentences. But almost immediately, the prison started a working industrial program for inmates, and by the time its doors finally closed in 2002, its handmade wood products had become collectibles. Initially allowing only the New Testament as a prisoner's "sole companion", it later housed one of the state's best law libraries.

Called the "Castle on the Cumberland", its inspiring medieval presence is a focal point on the landscape. But this castle is really Kentucky's maximum-security prison, reinforced with modern cellblocks and electronic surveillance to keep watch on the state's most dangerous prisoners. We follow an officer on his shift and step inside the high-security block that houses the "worst of the worst", and tour death row that's electric chair holds a gruesome national record--seven executions in a single day!

The largest prison system in the free world, its 20,000 male and female inmates reflect the crimes and racial tensions of Los Angeles County. The challenge is staggering--feed 75,000 meals a day and keep an estimated 16,000 gang members from killing each other! Welcome to LA County Jail with an inmate roster that reads like a Who's Who of national crime stories--Bugsy Siegel, Mickey Cohen, Robert Mitchum, Robert Blake, Charles Manson...all passed through its standing-room-only holding tanks!

Most of Angola's 5,000 maximum-security inmates will never see the outside world again. Formerly a slave plantation in a remote area of Louisiana, in the 1930s Angola remained backward and brutal and by 1975, with increasing crowding and violence, became known as the "Bloodiest Prison in America". Paul Sorvino narrates.

Kosta Fotopoulos, a prominent member of the Greek-American community in Daytona, Florida, invents a club for killers and convinces his lover to join the club by brutally murdering a drifter. Includes an interview with the lover, Deidre Hunt, who is now serving a life sentence in prison.

Explores the dark side of passion by examining the case of Pamela Smart who seduced her lover, a 15-year-old, into killing her husband.

In Baton Rouge, Lacey and Stacey restrain a patient suffering from violent hallucinations after overdosing on the synthetic drug Mojo. Meanwhile, Matt and Henry face the most difficult challenge paramedics encounter when an Austin man calls 911 to save his wife from cardiac arrest. And in Yonkers, New York, Alex and Jamal must determine what drug caused a woman to go unresponsive before her heart stops beating.

As anyone in New Orleans could tell you, when times are toughest, family and friends are more important than anything in the world. Those bonds are on full display when the brother of a paramedic gets sucker-punched and a pair of best friends are in an accident together. And after one of the newer members of the Nightwatch comforts a suicidal patient, he reflects on the bonds he's forged in his first year in New Orleans.

Craig Pritchert and his girlfriend, Nova Guthrie, become the modern day Bonnie and Clyde. After falling in love, the two go on a bank robbery spree, making off with $500,000 in cash. They flee the U.S., but Detective Tom VanMeter, FBI Special Agent Mike Sanborn, and Special Agent Alvie Price take up the chase. When a tip comes in that Pritchert and Guthrie are in Cape Town, South Africa, the FBI sends a team to take the two down and end the six-year manhunt.

Horning escapes from the Arizona State Prison and goes on the run, putting his military survival skills to the test. He calls himself a "freedom fighter," and locals call him "Rambo." But to Sheriff Joe Richards, who must hunt him down, Horning is just a dangerous fugitive. Horning goes to the one place he thinks he'll never be found--the Grand Canyon. Living off the land, he evades capture in the longest and largest manhunt in Arizona state history.

While awaiting trial, Darli Velazquez Armas, a player in Miami's drug world, decides to go on the lam. Bounty hunter Rolando Betancourt is assigned the case, and an incredible international manhunt ensues. There are several near misses and high-speed car chases. Betancourt flies back and forth across the Atlantic, doggedly pursuing every lead, until he finally sees his chance to bring the fugitive in and end the epic five-month chase once and for all.

The lovely union of marriage takes center stage as Officer Dawn Yorke tries to settle domestic dispute with a wife who refuses to let her abusive husband back into their home. Next, Sgt. Betsy Brantner-Smith gives a good lecture to a husband who gets pulled over after bickering with his wife. Unfortunately for this poor guy, he manages to piss off two women at the same time. The blossoming relationship between Officer Julie Lardino and her new boyfriend Ken also come to light as she introduces him to her family and prepares to take an even bigger step--moving in together!

Sgt. Betsy Brantner-Smith and Officers Julie Lardino and Tracy Nance release some aggression and train for hand-to-hand combat with their nightstick batons. Then, Officer Dawn Yorke deals with a belligerent homeless man accused of casing a parking lot for possible theft.

We meet rookie officer Sara Rolfe as she completes her police training and gets a surprise visit from Betsy and Julie when they drop by the Academy® to check on her progress. Sara then gets a taste of "real" police work when she goes on several patrol shifts with female officers that put her training to the test. Will she pass with flying colors or fail in the face of her female peers?

Beauty takes center stage as Betsy and Officer Julie Lardino convince Officer Tracy Nance to undergo a head-to-toe makeover and an all-out pamper day for the department. In the midst of it all, the ladies still manage to keep the city safe with several DUI arrests and traffic calls -- including a two-car collision that Sgt. Lisa Burghardt responds to that involves two neighbors!

Our fearless group of female enforcers come face-to-face with perpetrators of all persuasions including a drunk male suspect who gets combative with Sgt. Lisa Burghardt and a public indecency suspect that Officer Dawn Yorke encounters at the public library.

A concerned homeowner contacts CPD when her house guest is choked in her sleep by an unseen force. The team quickly finds an unusual connection between the victim and a deceased girl who used to be best friends with the home owner's daughter. Moriah's skills as a medium are quickly utilized in order to make contact with the deceased friend in an effort to stop the threatening behavior.

A fellow Police officer calls Ron and team in to help him uncover the mysteries surrounding his night job as a security officer at a banquet hall. But when CPD digs in deep they find that there could be multiple spirits trying to get messages across from beyond the grave. Tragedy, healing and finality makes this one case that CPD is determined to crack.

The owner of "The Stag's Head", a restaurant and bar undergoing renovations, calls CPD in when paranormal activity starts to scare away employees and brings construction to a halt. Ron and the team quickly learn that the stories have merit and spend the night chasing footsteps and disembodied voices throughout the location. Homicide, construction and intelligent interaction make The Stag's Head one restaurant sure to benefit from the Chicago Paranormal Detectives.

Ron and the CPD team are called into investigate an abandoned Women's College by a former student who has been haunted by the stories of murder and mystery for many years since graduating. The team finds that a young girl's suicide in 1916 could have been a murder and that her aggressor is still hanging around the campus intent on finding his next victim.

St. Patrick's Day evening is the perfect backdrop as zany suspects take center stage, including a belligerent drunk woman who continuously bangs her head in an attempt to cause herself bodily harm. Also, Sgt. Lisa Burghardt intervenes in a domestic dispute between two brothers that turns violent.

Our fearless group of female enforcers come face-to-face with perpetrators of all persuasions including a drunk male suspect who gets combative with Sgt. Lisa Burghardt and a public indecency suspect that Officer Dawn Yorke encounters at the public library.