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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.

The State Penitentiary in Auburn, New York is the centerpiece of a city and a monument to one of America's first attempts at criminal rehabilitation. Its founders were liberal prison reformers who believed their task could be accomplished through penitence, hard work, and silence. The "Auburn System" was adopted by most U.S. prisons in the early 1900s. Now, all that remains of that system is hard work--and hard time--for the most violent offenders in New York State.

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.

Sergeant Joe McHale starts his day by getting called out to a barricaded gunman who has taken two women hostage. The already nerve-racking domestic dispute grows even tenser when gunshots ring out inside the home. Across town, the crusade against drugs continues as Sergeant Chip Huth serves a dangerous warrant on an alleged drug dealing team of brothers armed with a gun. Later on, Huth tries to teach the two loves of his life, his two unruly dogs, some basic obedience rules.

When Dallas patrol officers respond to a disturbance call, they find an armed parole violator intent on not returning to jail. The suspect fires at police and barricades himself in a bathroom. SWAT Officers Todd Welhouse and Misty Vancuren are called in to set-up a perimeter. All the while, SWAT negotiator J.D. Byas tries to talk the man out safely, even after a raging fire breaks out in his apartment. Later, Todd and his team are called in to execute a search warrant on a house used by suspected drug dealers. Todd's job is to neutralize an armed suspect guarding the front door before his teammates walk through it--and into the line of fire.

The shocking story of Clarence Brandley, an innocent man who was convicted of murder and spent seven years on death row before being cleared.

This is the fourth time 14-year-old Letticia has run away and her mother is at wit's end. Joe Mazzilli and the Runaway Squad take the case and begin an exhaustive search. From upper Manhattan to Coney Island, they leave no stone unturned to try to find a girl who seemingly has vanished into thin air.

Joe Mazzilli and the Runaway Squad travel to Rochester, New York to search for 14-year-old runaway Heather. Joe learns that she's been victimized in the past and now may be hanging out with an older man: a combination that Joe knows could lead to major trouble for this vulnerable teen.

A mother and nursing student stops her anxiety medication abruptly, causing her to become delusional. After breaking into a home and stealing a car, she leads police on a high-speed pursuit. A man with a suspended license panics as police attempt to pull him over, leading police on a chase through the streets of Atlanta. Eager to put an end to the increasingly dangerous pursuit, an officer attempts a pit maneuver that results in a violent crash.

A struggling father resorts to illegal means to make a living, leading him into a situation involving stolen property. Pulled over by police, he runs on foot, steals a van and leads officers on an extremely dangerous chase that ends after he crashes into another vehicle. A doting grandfather ends up on the wrong side of the law and flees after being pulled over. Barely able to see after being pepper-sprayed, he leads officers on a dangerous chase on a two-lane road.

On July 4th, 2002 the dismembered and badly decomposed body of a woman is found hanging above a river in Philadelphia. Police suspect she may have been homeless and worry the crime will never be solved. When professional soccer player and homeless volunteer Adam Bruckner gets drawn into the investigation, he becomes obsessed with finding the killer.

October 1984, Dallas, Texas. Angie Samote, a college freshman at Southern Methodist University is brutally raped and murdered in her apartment. Police first suspect her boyfriend but then zero in on a man she had met shortly before her murder. They recruit Angie's best friend Sheila Wysocki to help with the investigation. Unable to charge anyone, the case goes cold. But 20 years later, Sheila renews her vow to find Angie's killer.

June 7, 1998. Barberton, Ohio. 58-year-old Judith Johnson and her 6-year old granddaughter are brutally attacked in their home. Johnson is sexually assaulted, strangled and beaten to death. Her granddaughter Brooke is sexually assaulted and left for dead. Brooke tells police that her uncle Clarence did it. Melinda, Clarence's wife, knows that her husband is not responsible for the attack. But he is convicted and sentenced to life in prison. At her mother's funeral, Melinda vows to find the true killer.

The shocking story of Clarence Brandley, an innocent man who was convicted of murder and spent seven years on death row before being cleared.

This is the fourth time 14-year-old Letticia has run away and her mother is at wit's end. Joe Mazzilli and the Runaway Squad take the case and begin an exhaustive search. From upper Manhattan to Coney Island, they leave no stone unturned to try to find a girl who seemingly has vanished into thin air.

Joe Mazzilli and the Runaway Squad travel to Rochester, New York to search for 14-year-old runaway Heather. Joe learns that she's been victimized in the past and now may be hanging out with an older man: a combination that Joe knows could lead to major trouble for this vulnerable teen.

A mother and nursing student stops her anxiety medication abruptly, causing her to become delusional. After breaking into a home and stealing a car, she leads police on a high-speed pursuit. A man with a suspended license panics as police attempt to pull him over, leading police on a chase through the streets of Atlanta. Eager to put an end to the increasingly dangerous pursuit, an officer attempts a pit maneuver that results in a violent crash.

A struggling father resorts to illegal means to make a living, leading him into a situation involving stolen property. Pulled over by police, he runs on foot, steals a van and leads officers on an extremely dangerous chase that ends after he crashes into another vehicle. A doting grandfather ends up on the wrong side of the law and flees after being pulled over. Barely able to see after being pepper-sprayed, he leads officers on a dangerous chase on a two-lane road.

On July 4th, 2002 the dismembered and badly decomposed body of a woman is found hanging above a river in Philadelphia. Police suspect she may have been homeless and worry the crime will never be solved. When professional soccer player and homeless volunteer Adam Bruckner gets drawn into the investigation, he becomes obsessed with finding the killer.

October 1984, Dallas, Texas. Angie Samote, a college freshman at Southern Methodist University is brutally raped and murdered in her apartment. Police first suspect her boyfriend but then zero in on a man she had met shortly before her murder. They recruit Angie's best friend Sheila Wysocki to help with the investigation. Unable to charge anyone, the case goes cold. But 20 years later, Sheila renews her vow to find Angie's killer.

June 7, 1998. Barberton, Ohio. 58-year-old Judith Johnson and her 6-year old granddaughter are brutally attacked in their home. Johnson is sexually assaulted, strangled and beaten to death. Her granddaughter Brooke is sexually assaulted and left for dead. Brooke tells police that her uncle Clarence did it. Melinda, Clarence's wife, knows that her husband is not responsible for the attack. But he is convicted and sentenced to life in prison. At her mother's funeral, Melinda vows to find the true killer.

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.

A look at the growing crime of kidnapping. Focuses on the cases of biathlete Kari Swenson in Montana and Exxon executive Sidney Reso in New Jersey, and examines just how effective law enforcement authorities are in investigating and negotiating tense kidnap situations.

An affair between a heart doctor and his nurse leads to his and his wife's death, and puts the home-wrecking nurse on trial for murder.

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.