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Herds of livestock roam here under the big sky. Cowboys and wranglers watch over them. But these are not ordinary ranch hands, and this no ordinary ranch. Welcome to the State Prison in Deer Lodge, Montana. Today, it operates efficiently as both a ranch and a modern high-security fortress. But its legacy is dark and its history marked by violent uprisings, inhumane conditions, and brutality. We also meet inmates who work on the farm and dairy, and violent offenders who hold jobs as telemarketers.

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!

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.

Things start off with a bang, as Sr. Corporal Steve Claggett and other SWAT members practice their explosive breaching skills.Then Steve rushes to the scene of an armed barricade where two suspects have allegedly robbed a convenience store. With school about to let out, SWAT must end the stand-off before kids start coming into the neighborhood. And later, Sgt. Vince Lee and his team must run a high-risk narcotics search warrant involving the drug PCP. Because PCP can be absorbed through the skin, the guys have to be extra careful not to come into contact with it.

Charles "Chip" Huth and Kansas City SWAT head out on a high-stakes drug warrant. The team will make simultaneous hits on two locations in the same apartment complex. Chip tries to squeeze in a little family time and the result is a house full of Huths! Then, Sergeant Jim Carmody is called out in the middle of the night. An armed suspect has barricaded himself inside a house, threatening a gunfight. And with strange ether-like smells coming from the garage, SWAT could have an explosive situation on their hands. Later, the 1910 squad gets word about an alleged drug dealer who has run off in the middle of a buy. Chip races off in pursuit of the suspect. Finally, Carmody shows off his playful side, reading with his 4-year old son.

Looks at the 1975 bludgeoning murder of Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old from Greenwich, Connecticut. The murder weapon, a golf club, belonged to the Skakel family. Was no one charged because the two brothers suspected were Ethel Kennedy's nephews? After two books on the killing were published in 1998, a grand jury was convened and Michael Skakel was finally indicted for the crime. In June 2002, he was convicted of the murder.

Fifteen-year-old Jennifer considered herself an outsider at home, so she ran away looking for love. With her parents desperate for help, Joe Mazzilli and the Runaway Squad quickly get on Jennifer's trail. At first, the only lead is her New York City boyfriend, but a surprise phone call has Joe shifting his tactics. Using her mother as bait, can Joe bring the girl home?

Fifteen-year-old Vinny and his father were not getting along. When his religious father forbade him from seeing his girlfriend, Vinny decided he had enough and ran away. But he didn't go where anyone expected him to go. From Pennsylvania to Brooklyn, Joe Mazzilli and his Runaway Squad delve deep into the world of Santeria trying to catch up with their elusive runaway.

A young mother is an accomplice to a robbery and leads police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle that ends in a standoff. Then, a man attempting to transport drugs across state lines is pulled over by police but ends up leading them on a high-speed chase that ultimately ends on foot. For the first time on television, hear from the people who have lead police on some of the most dangerous high-speed pursuits ever.

A registered nurse and mother of five panics when police try to pull her over for unpaid traffic tickets and leads police on a chase through the rural roads of a Texas town with children in the car. Next, a young man who is under the influence in a stolen car with his younger brother in the passenger seat leads police on a chase through the streets of a California city, stopping only after crashing into multiple vehicles. For the first time on television, hear from the people who have lead police on some of the most dangerous high-speed pursuits ever.

Someone went to a lot of trouble to kill Nikki Bamberg. Her ex-husband, Damon, and his mother, Sonya, are the prime suspects. But they would never kill Nikki in front of her young children...or would they?

Alberto Macias loves his wife Laura and his five children and is doing his very best to provide for them during hard times. Then he is found murdered, with two bullet holes in his head. Who would want Alberto dead? More than one family member is about to flunk their polygraph test.

Darlene George and her 13-year-old son are the victims of a random home invasion robbery. But when police arrive, Darlene s husband, Winston George is found in the basement, hog-tied and strangled. No doubt, this was more than a robbery...and it wasn t random either. Next, after years of drug and alcohol abuse, Ralph Ludvik has turned his life around...that is until he meets Debra Aquilina and her son, Mark. Within months, Ralph has died of an accidental drug overdose. But was it really an accident?

Looks at the 1975 bludgeoning murder of Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old from Greenwich, Connecticut. The murder weapon, a golf club, belonged to the Skakel family. Was no one charged because the two brothers suspected were Ethel Kennedy's nephews? After two books on the killing were published in 1998, a grand jury was convened and Michael Skakel was finally indicted for the crime. In June 2002, he was convicted of the murder.

Fifteen-year-old Jennifer considered herself an outsider at home, so she ran away looking for love. With her parents desperate for help, Joe Mazzilli and the Runaway Squad quickly get on Jennifer's trail. At first, the only lead is her New York City boyfriend, but a surprise phone call has Joe shifting his tactics. Using her mother as bait, can Joe bring the girl home?

Fifteen-year-old Vinny and his father were not getting along. When his religious father forbade him from seeing his girlfriend, Vinny decided he had enough and ran away. But he didn't go where anyone expected him to go. From Pennsylvania to Brooklyn, Joe Mazzilli and his Runaway Squad delve deep into the world of Santeria trying to catch up with their elusive runaway.

A young mother is an accomplice to a robbery and leads police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle that ends in a standoff. Then, a man attempting to transport drugs across state lines is pulled over by police but ends up leading them on a high-speed chase that ultimately ends on foot. For the first time on television, hear from the people who have lead police on some of the most dangerous high-speed pursuits ever.

A registered nurse and mother of five panics when police try to pull her over for unpaid traffic tickets and leads police on a chase through the rural roads of a Texas town with children in the car. Next, a young man who is under the influence in a stolen car with his younger brother in the passenger seat leads police on a chase through the streets of a California city, stopping only after crashing into multiple vehicles. For the first time on television, hear from the people who have lead police on some of the most dangerous high-speed pursuits ever.

Someone went to a lot of trouble to kill Nikki Bamberg. Her ex-husband, Damon, and his mother, Sonya, are the prime suspects. But they would never kill Nikki in front of her young children...or would they?

Alberto Macias loves his wife Laura and his five children and is doing his very best to provide for them during hard times. Then he is found murdered, with two bullet holes in his head. Who would want Alberto dead? More than one family member is about to flunk their polygraph test.

Darlene George and her 13-year-old son are the victims of a random home invasion robbery. But when police arrive, Darlene s husband, Winston George is found in the basement, hog-tied and strangled. No doubt, this was more than a robbery...and it wasn t random either. Next, after years of drug and alcohol abuse, Ralph Ludvik has turned his life around...that is until he meets Debra Aquilina and her son, Mark. Within months, Ralph has died of an accidental drug overdose. But was it really an accident?

In the face of inconclusive physical evidence, the character of the accused can sway a jury. When Brian Eftenoff stood trial for his wife's murder, jurors were presented contradictory claims about how she died. One of the few things they could hold onto was how they felt about Brian Eftenoff. Viewers get the chance to determine his guilt or innocence, based on his own words--in a police interrogation video, a taped conversation with a detective, and a phone interview Eftenoff granted our producers.

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.

Profile of infamous mob boss Vito Genovese and how he built the most ruthless and powerful crime family in the nation. Includes interviews with Genovese's godson, FBI agents, and prosecutors.

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.