America's Toughest Prisons - Season 2

America's Toughest Prisons - Season 2

Season 2

Network
Episodes6
DatesApr 6, 2009 - May 11, 2009
Previous Season

Episodes

Surviving Statesville
Season 2Episode 160 min

Surviving Statesville

New series of the programme that unlocks the truth about some of America's most notorious prisons. This edition focuses on Statesville Prison in Illinois. With violence a constant threat at this maximum-security facility, guards and inmates alike must find ways to cope with daily life.

Apr 6, 2009
Sex Offenders
Season 2Episode 260 min

Sex Offenders

Life inside Fremont Correctional Facility in Colorado, which houses 1,600 prisoners, 1,400 of whom are guilty of sexual offences. Rapists and child molesters are regarded with contempt by inmates imprisoned for other crimes, causing one offender to prefer the safety of solitary confinement. Social worker Mr McGill discusses the rehabilitation process, and an officer explains the risks facing many female guards.

Apr 13, 2009
Alaska State Troopers
Season 2Episode 360 min

Alaska State Troopers

Life inside the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Centre, located in the remote town of Bethal, Alaska, where the vast majority of crimes are connected to drug and alcohol abuse. A state trooper explains how important the support of the community is, and a Village Public Safety Officer explains his role in arresting suspects.

Apr 20, 2009
Kids Behind Bars
Season 2Episode 460 min

Kids Behind Bars

Life inside Colorado's Youthful Offender System, which offers the final chance for juvenile felons to rehabilitate themselves before being sent to an adult institution. An 18-year-old shares his experience of the facility's intense four-week boot camp, which aims to break individuals down and rebuild them as a team, and a former gang leader who is now considered a model prisoner discusses his progress.

Apr 27, 2009
Women on the Edge
Season 2Episode 560 min

Women on the Edge

Life inside Detroit's Wayne County Jail, where a radical new scheme offers habitual female offenders a final chance at life on the outside. The inmates, who are often from troubled and violent backgrounds, are put through a stringent retraining programme and offered the chance of early release in the hope they will not reoffend.

May 4, 2009
Episode 6
Season 2Episode 660 min

Episode 6

Following ex-convict Donovan who, after 14 years in prison, must learn to live on the outside. He is forced to face his family, find work and confront his past, and with two thirds of ex-cons ending up back behind bars, he faces a struggle to resist the temptation of reverting to a life of crime.

May 11, 2009

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