Episode 1
The violent history of San Quentin State Prison in California.
Episode 2
Inmates at San Quentin State Prison find ways to fight boredom.
Episode 3
Inmates receive visitors during their prison stays.
Episode 4
A dangerous combination of gangs, drugs and boredom encourages inmates to commit violent offenses in prison.
Episode 5
A 20-year-old inmate speaks about how he grew up on the streets and what motivates him to turn his life around.
Episode 6
The prison's annual poetry slam.
Episode 7
Grantt Culliver controls the disruptive inmates of Holman Correctional Facility.
Episode 8
Relationships both inside and outside the prison walls.
Episode 9
Dangerous inmates are segregated from the rest of the prison population.
Episode 10
Correctional officers search prisoners for weapons.
Episode 11
Serving life sentences or death sentences in prison.
Episode 12
Unexcused absences create staff shortages at Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility.