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The Best Episodes of Lockup

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The Best Episodes of Lockup

Lockup explore prison facilities throughout the United States, profiling notable inmates, incidents, and prison operations.

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    #1 - Boston: Extended Stay - Blood Brothers

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    Over the past ten years, the structure of local gangs has changed and that's had a serious impact on the Suffolk County jail. In this hour: an inmate takes his fights from the street to the halls of the jail, and his boyhood friend follows his example; two brothers turn to crime to support their habits, and now one faces the prospect of hitting the streets again.

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    #2 - Inside Riverbend

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    Riverbend Maximum Security Prison inmates tell their stories.

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    #3 - Return to Valley State

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    Inmates of California's Valley State Prison for Women try rehabilitation.

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    #4 - Return to Rikers Island

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    See how the once-infamous Rikers Island jail has reinvented itself.

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    #5 - Inside Utah State Prison

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    Inside the largest maximum security facility in Salt Lake City. A "jail within a prison" protects some inmates from others.

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    #6 - Inside North Carolina Women's Prison

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    Revealing of how these women deal with relationships and struggles.

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    #7 - Inside Kentucky State Penitentiary

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    Behind the walls of Kentucky's only maximum security prison.

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    #8 - Inside Anamosa

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    Inside the maximum security facility in Eastern Iowa.

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    #9 - Return to Pelican Bay

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    One of the most violent and volatile penitentiaries in the nation.

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    #10 - Return to Corcoran

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    The Corcoran State Prison, located in an isolated valley, is one of California's largest maximum-security institutions.

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    #11 - Inside Wabash

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    California's Kern Valley State Prison opens its doors in 2005.

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    #12 - Inside Miami-Dade Corrections

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    Miami's prison system.

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    #13 - Inside The Penitentiary of New Mexico

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    #14 - Inside Elayn Hunt Prison

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    #15 - The Inmate Diaries

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    Oklahoma inmates tell their own remarkable stories.

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    #16 - Inside Stateville

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    Half of Chicago's Stateville Correctional Center's inmates are imprisoned for murder.

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    #17 - Inside LA County Jail

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    LA County Jail is a system that is overcrowded, tough on gangs, and struggling with an increase in racial violence.

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    #18 - Inside Folsom Prison

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    Inside the maximum security prison inmates call 'the end of the world.'

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    #19 - Inside San Quentin

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    A profile of San Quentin State Prison in California; one of the most famous, most notorious penitentiaries in the world.

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    #20 - Inside Kern Valley

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    California's Kern Valley State Prison opens its doors in 2005.

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    #21 - Inside Iowa State Penitentiary

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    #22 - Inside Brushy Mountain

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    #23 - Inside Holman Correctional Facility

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    Alabama's Holman maximum security prison.

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    #24 - Inside Indiana State Prison

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    #25 - Inside Spring Creek, Alaska

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Best Episodes Summary

"Boston: Extended Stay - Blood Brothers" is the best rated episode of "Lockup". It scored 1/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/2/2011. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Inside Riverbend".