Hard Time

Tensions build in Georgia's Smith State Prison when a cell floods and angry prisoners must evacuate.

Witness how women at Lee Arrendale State Prison cope with life in jail and the sometimes strange changes in state of mind they undergo as a way to cope with serving time.

Meet the female offenders housed at Metro State Prison in Atlanta. From a straight "A" student turned druggie to murderers serving life terms, these women have seen and experienced the worst.

Drugs, crime and violence are among the daily pressures of doing time at Smith State, one of the toughest prisons in Georgia.

Officers are waging a war against a flood of contraband cellphones at Georgia's Smith State Prison, where access to a mobile device means power on the inside and a connection to the outside.

At Hays State Prison in Geogria, inmates are planning a peaceful sit-in to protest their living conditions, but prisoners heavily outnumber officers, who are preparing for the worst.

Meet the inmates at Hays State Prison in Georgia who swear that prison has changed them - some for the better, perhaps, and some for the worse.

The largest prison in Georgia known as Jackson absorbs a flood of new inmates, while three prisoners struggle to adapt to the reality of life behind bars.