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The Worst Episodes of Hard Time

Every episode of Hard Time ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Hard Time!

Hard Time is an American reality-documentary television series on the National Geographic Channel. The series debuted on February 1, 2011 and is hosted by Thurston...
Genre:Documentary

Worst Episodes Summary

"Predator and Prey" is the worst rated episode of "Hard Time". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/14/2012. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Hustlers".

  • Predator and Prey
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    #1 - Predator and Prey

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 8/14/2012

    Life in prison is marked by power and those who have it one day can lose it the next.

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  • Hustlers
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    #2 - Hustlers

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 8/21/2012

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  • Come on Vacation, Leave on Probation
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    #3 - Come on Vacation, Leave on Probation

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 8/28/2012

    Clark County Detention Center serves as a revolving door for repeat offenders and career criminals.

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  • Jail Mom
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    #4 - Jail Mom

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/4/2012

    The woman's units at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas offer up a world of treacherous contrasts.

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  • Running the Joint
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    #5 - Running the Joint

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 9/11/2012

    A visit to Las Vegas' main jail; Clark County Detention Center.

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  • Love Behind Bars
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    #6 - Love Behind Bars

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 9/18/2012

    At the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, inmates are forces to choose whether to continue on their current path or mend their ways.

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  • Judgement Day
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    #7 - Judgement Day

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2012

    Inmates at the Clark County Detention Center await their day in court.

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  • Revolving Door
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    #8 - Revolving Door

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/2/2012

    The Clark County Detention Center receives scores of repeat offenders, many hooked on drugs and alcohol.

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  • Gangs Behind Bars
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    #9 - Gangs Behind Bars

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 10/9/2012

    The Gang Special Investigations Unit is responsible for monitoring gang activity and disrupting their programs.

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  • Mental Hell
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    #10 - Mental Hell

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 10/16/2012

    Inmates who are also victims of mental illness or drug addiction.

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  • Misfits & Outcasts
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    #11 - Misfits & Outcasts

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 10/23/2012

    Not fitting in with the crowd can be a dangerous option in jail.

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  • Stress Box
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    #12 - Stress Box

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 10/30/2012

    Families on the outside struggle to communicate and come to terms with their loved ones behind bars.

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  • Truth and Lies
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    #13 - Truth and Lies

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 11/6/2012

    The officers at the Clark County Detention Center attempt to figure out which inmates are telling the truth.

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  • Inmates vs. Officers
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    #14 - Inmates vs. Officers

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2013

    Jobs such as feeding the inmates, combating riots and keeping the peace fall to the officers.

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  • Alaska
    6.7/1014 votes
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    #15 - Alaska

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2009

    Life at one of the most scenic lockups in the world, Alaska’s Spring Creek Correctional Center, where the inmates are surround by one of the countries most breathtaking national parks. But that tranquility is just a sharp contrast to the crimes committed by those jailed inside.

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  • Female Offenders
    6.8/106 votes
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    #16 - Female Offenders

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/2011

    Forget what you thought you knew about women behind bars: theyre the fastest growing prison population in America, and one of the toughest to manage. At the Ohio Reformatory for Women, the system is tested daily by every kind of female offender: from capital murderers, to nursery mothers - and everything in between. Behind these bars, there are "pseudo-families" instead of gangs, infants being raised by inmates, and a complicated web of contraband trades and power plays. This is a world of women unlike any youve ever seen.

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  • The Ropes
    7.1/1011 votes
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    #17 - The Ropes

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/2009

    Hays State Prison is one of the toughest facilities in the state of Georgia for prisoners and guards alike. In this episode, we'll meet Stephen Crane and 18 other inmates who are being transferred here. They'll be forced to learn the ropes and face the hurdles that come with entering a new prison. Then, we'll meet Elgin Tracy, a 23-year-old Iraq War veteran. Now he is on a different front line as a corrections officer, level one, starting his first day on the job.

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  • Against the Wall
    7.1/109 votes
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    #18 - Against the Wall

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2011

    Enter the locked-down world of Ohio's intake prison. For the newly convicted, the Correctional Reception Center (CRC) in Orient, Ohio, is their last view of the free world. More than 14,000 inmates are sized up each year at CRC and moved on to serve out their sentences. From robbers to murders and rapists, CRC sees it all. And while most follow the rules and do their time peacefully, some inmates come in with their own agenda, ready to make trouble.

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  • Prison Gangs
    7.1/1011 votes
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    #19 - Prison Gangs

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2011

    In prison, every day is a fight for survival. An inmate's most important weapon may not be a shank or a razor, but instead a gang membership. With more than 1,400 classified gangs in the Ohio prison system, inmates are joining up in alarming numbers.

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  • Changes Behind Bars
    7.2/1013 votes
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    #20 - Changes Behind Bars

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/16/2009

    In an extreme world, transformation often occurs and starts physically, sometimes in the form of an illegal prison tattoo, sometimes becoming what some call "the female gender" behind bars.

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  • Tools of Control
    7.3/1012 votes
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    #21 - Tools of Control

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/2009

    At his home overlooking Hays State Prison, deputy warden for security Cedric Taylor is up early and has called in the head of his special forces, the CERT Team and its K-9 unit, for a surprise shakedown of inmates. This is one of the largest actions the prison can take more than 30 officers blanket the cell house, searching for smuggled contraband, such as drugs, homemade alcohol, and even pets.

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  • Prison City
    7.4/109 votes
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    #22 - Prison City

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/2011

    Ross Correctional Institution is a gated city. Every inmate must make a choice: Use his sentence to prepare for a life on the outside, or fall prey to the convict mentality which on the inside is called getting institutionalized.

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  • Breaking Rules
    7.4/108 votes
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    #23 - Breaking Rules

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2011

    A high-stakes game of cat and mouse plays out at Ross Correctional Institution in Ohio. On one side, you have the inmates: men who've spent a lifetime breaking the rules and outwitting the system. On the other is a team of officers who monitor every corner of the prison and work to catch the offenders red-handed. There are rule breakers: a drug hustler trying to run his game behind bars, an old-school inmate, a jailhouse lawyer subverting the system and a lone wolf with one too many strikes.

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  • Breaking Point
    7.5/1010 votes
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    #24 - Breaking Point

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2009

    See the Hi-Max -- the most extreme prison environment allowed under American law, and at the other end of the spectrum, Georgia has "shock incarceration" for nonviolent first-time offenders: 90 days of intense, military-style boot camp.

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  • Breakout
    7.6/1012 votes
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    #25 - Breakout

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2009

    Follow the intense manhunt for escaped convicts Johnny Mack Brown and Michael Tweedell. Inmates go into lockdown, tactical squads assemble and K-9 units scour the countryside looking for clues.

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