Life Inside Jail: Hell on Earth

Season 1
Life Inside Lockdown reveals the reality of life in the American prison system. In America, before you are convicted of any crime, you are sent to one of the nation's 3,000 county jails. Conditions are seriously tough, innocent people mix with petty thieves, serial killers and violent gang members while they wait for their cases to go to court.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Episode 1
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    45min
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    Correctional Officers at Albany jail are challenged by the arrival of seven senior gangsters transferred from New York's most notorious prison, Rikers Island. Meanwhile, a 23-year-old 'straight A-student', Michael Chmielewski, is arrested for the murder of a local hairdresser following a break-in that went wrong; and heroin addict, and mother of four, Tammy Lord tries to go clean.
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  2. S1 E2 - Episode 2
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    6ft 7' Jarquell Williams is on trial for murder after being accused of shooting a local man. Meanwhile young mum Shea Hobbs pays the price for covering a string of burglaries committed by her boyfriend; and addict Samantha Ujheyli faces a monumental decision when offered a deal to 'snitch' on her boyfriend.
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Directors
Lee Phillips
Studio
BBC Studios
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