Australia Behind Bars

One inmate overdoses and it's up to the officers and nurses to try and revive her. While another inmate Brittany is doing it tough with her four kids on the outside and a long sentence before her.

One inmate's countdown to freedom hits a last minute snag. With just 48 hours to serve, Inmate Jade puts her release in jeopardy with a breach of the rules.

Hundreds of prisoners out of control, wielding makeshift weapons, setting fires and baying for blood, threaten to overrun Wellington Correctional Centre. Can the prison officers seize back control and save the prison?

Tonight, is the annual touch footy match between Wellington and Macquarie prison inmates. Everyone's on high alert as 12 maximum security inmates are transported into Wellington prison for the game of footy.

Officer David organizes for a father - who deliberately got himself arrested - to see his teenage son who was freaking out being behind bars for the first time.

Wellington officers wage a constant battle to uncover inmates with contraband. The Immediate Action Team (IAT) may know they have it, but inmates are clever at hiding it - often concealing illegal items in a body cavity.

Mohammadali is serving a 9-year term at Wellington for his part in an armed robbery and is desperate to get reclassified as a minimum-security prisoner so he can move to a jail closer to his mother.

We wrap up the series hearing what the featured inmates hopes for the future are. The Corrections officers too never lose faith that next time they open the gate to release a prisoner it will be the last time they say goodbye.