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The Best Episodes of The Big House

A study of maximum-security prisons in the U.S. and Europe includes profiles of notable prisoners and wardens.

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    #1 - San Quentin

    S1:E1

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    Director:Unknown
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    #2 - Folsom

    S1:E5

    Paul Sorvino narrates this look inside Folsom Prison, a California penitentiary that opened in 1880 and housed infamous criminals such as Charles Manson and Jake Oppenheimer. Also: the multiple hangings that occurred between 1895 and 1937.

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    #3 - Leavenworth

    S1:E6

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    #4 - Attica

    S2:E1

    The history of Attica Prison, from its construction in rural New York in the 1920s to the bloodiest prison riot in U.S. history in September 1971. Paul Sorvino narrates.

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    #5 - McNeil Island

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    A history of the Louisiana State Prison at Angola. Included: overcrowding; the annual prison rodeo. Paul Sorvino narrates.

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    #7 - Rahway

    S2:E4

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    #8 - Jefferson City

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    A look at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. Well-known onetime inmates include Jimmy Hoffa.

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    #10 - Raiford

    S3:E3

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    #11 - Breakout from Alcatraz

    S3:E4

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    #12 - Escape from Colditz

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    #13 - Maze Prison

    S3:E6

    A look at the history of Maze Prison, near Belfast, Ireland. Included: the “blanket protest” in 1976, when IRA prisoners refused to wear prison clothes; and the hunger strikes of 1981.

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    #14 - Chain Gang Breakout

    S3:E7

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    #15 - Auburn

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    #16 - Central Prison

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    #17 - Parchman

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    S4:E5

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    S4:E6

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    #21 - Maine State

    S4:E7

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    #22 - McAlester

    S4:E8

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    #23 - Colorado State

    S4:E9

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    #24 - L. A. County Jail

    S4:E10

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Best Episodes Summary

"San Quentin" is the best rated episode of "The Big House". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/1/1998. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Folsom".