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Central Prison in Raleigh, is the first stop for all of North Carolina's male felons with sentences of 20 years or longer. It's also the last stop for men and women sentenced to death. Today, Central is a modern state-of-the-art prison, but it began as a dark dungeon built nearly 120 years ago.

Located near Belfast, Maze Prison holds both Catholic and Protestant prisoners, members of paramilitary groups like the Irish Republican Army. The prison consists of eight H-shaped cellblocks with cameras, searchlights, 16-foot walls, and guard towers. Outside, British soldiers patrol. We investigate several incidents, including: the Blanket Protests, when IRA inmates refused to wear uniforms; the Dirty Protest, when prisoners smeared human waste on prison walls; and the Bobby Sand hunger strike.

An inside-the-walls look at the bloody story of Folsom Prison that opened in 1880, experiencing the first of many escapes the same year. Designed for habitual felons and incorrigibles doing hard time, its violent history includes 93 hangings between 1895 and 1937. Narrated by Paul Sorvino, it shows why Folsom prisoners get the blues!

Nestled at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado's first state prison in Canon City traces its roots to the days of frontier justice. It's housed heavyweight boxing contenders and cannibals--it was infamous cannibal Alfred Packer's last home--and endured a mass escape in 1947. Juxtaposing day-to-day life in one of America's harshest security facilities with an exploration of its rich past, we follow a prison guard on a shakedown and an inmate through his final day before release.

Central Prison in Raleigh, is the first stop for all of North Carolina's male felons with sentences of 20 years or longer. It's also the last stop for men and women sentenced to death. Today, Central is a modern state-of-the-art prison, but it began as a dark dungeon built nearly 120 years ago.

The notorious case of Kenneth McDuff, the most infamous sexual predator in Texas history, who was sent to death row for three murders, released because of prison overcrowding, and then raped and killed two more women.

In-depth look at police on trial for corruption and brutality. Examines how police are treated as defendants and the types of sentences they face; and reveals research results that show that police and the general public are held to different standards of justice.

The best people on the job never stop looking for ways to do more and be better. For police officer Justin, the objective is joining the force's SWAT team, and he takes a big step by leading a raid with the SWAT officers. Meanwhile, the first responders deal with a rash of scary calls, including a man suffering from amnesia after getting hit by a car, and a woman who fell off a roof. And after a man survives a suicide attempt, Arkady forges a bond with him by sharing the story of her mother's own suicide.

For the men and women on the Nightwatch, two things never stop: the calls and the questions. How can someone shoot an eight-year-old boy? How do you stop the drug epidemic in the worst parts of New Orleans? How do you get guns off the city streets? As the first responders do everything they can do save the victims of several shootings, a drug overdose, and more; and the police officers chase suspects who end up having illegal firearms, they find themselves asking these questions--and only wishing they had the answers.

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.

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.

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.

The ladies of Naperville PD show just how tough they are as they combat out of control suspects including a kid who tries to charge one of the officers and a mother with a violent daughter seeking advice.

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!

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.

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.

CPD finds themselves on familiar ground when they are called in by the Frankfort Fire Department to investigate strange occurrences in the firehouse. Everyone falls ill during the investigation and Ron is left to consider if it's being caused by paranormal activity as Moriah makes contact with two spirits, one of which is intent on reaching out to a loved one.

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.

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.

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.

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.