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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. 9.1/10(15 votes)

    #1 - Hackensack: Extended Stay - No Remorse

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  2. 8.9/10(9 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 8.8/10(10 votes)

    #3 - Inside North Carolina Women's Prison

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    Revealing of how these women deal with relationships and struggles.

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  4. 8.8/10(7 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 8.8/10(6 votes)

    #5 - Limon Colorado: Extended Stay - The Hustle

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    Life inside prisons throughout Scotland and Belgium.

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  6. 8.8/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Raw: Predatory Behavior

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    Five notorious inmates reveal insights into their predatory behavior.

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  8. 8.7/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Indiana State Prison: Extended Stay - Brotherhood

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    The Residential Treatment Unit.

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  9. 8.6/10(9 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. 8.6/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Inside Brushy Mountain

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  11. 8.6/10(6 votes)

    #10 - San Antonio: Extended Stay - X'd Out

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    S14:E7

    A celebrity rapper enters the Santa Rita jail; brothers deal with gangs, drugs and parenthood; a three-time convicted murderer claims he's killed others as well.

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  12. 8.5/10(12 votes)

    #11 - Inside Riverbend

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    Riverbend Maximum Security Prison inmates tell their stories.

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  13. 8.5/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Inside Wabash

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

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  14. 8.5/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Inside Indiana State Prison

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  15. 8.5/10(8 votes)

    #14 - Limon Colorado: Extended Stay - Homecoming

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    Extractions at Colorado State Penitentiary.

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  16. 8.5/10(17 votes)

    #15 - Maricopa County: Extended Stay - Daddy's Girl

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    A female housing unit inmates call a party house will turn a new inmates life upside down.

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  17. 8.4/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Inside Elayn Hunt Prison

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  18. 8.4/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Corcoran: Extended Stay - Prison Politices

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    Corcoran officers put their lives on the line to prevent inmate attacks.

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  19. 8.4/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Indiana State Prison: Extended Stay - For Better or For Worse

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    Contraband finds its way to the inmates.

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  20. 8.3/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Inside Kentucky State Penitentiary

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

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  21. 8.3/10(9 votes)

    #20 - Inside Miami-Dade Corrections

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    Miami's prison system.

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  22. 8.2/10(7 votes)

    #21 - Return to Pelican Bay

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

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  23. 8.2/10(12 votes)

    #22 - Orange County Jail Extended Stay: The Confession

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  24. 8.2/10(8 votes)

    #23 - Boston: Extended Stay - Feel, Deal, Heal

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    Many inmates use their time in jail to get clean off drugs and get their lives on the right path. Others, however, simply can’t wait return to the dangerous lifestyle of the streets.

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  25. 8.1/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Inside Holman Correctional Facility

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    Alabama's Holman maximum security prison.

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  26. 8.1/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Inside Spring Creek, Alaska

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Best Episodes Summary

"Hackensack: Extended Stay - No Remorse" is the best rated episode of "Lockup". It scored 9.1/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/8/2012. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Return to Corcoran".