• HARD TIME

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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

EPISODE GUIDE

  • Hard Time: Battle Behind Bars
    At Georgia's Smith State Prison, every day is a battle for control between the inmates and the warders – and tensions are growing.
  • Hard Time: Prisoner Protest
    In 2008, Hays State Prison increased security in response to prisoner escapes. Now the inmates are pushing back with a statewide protest.
  • Hard Time: World Without Men
    Some 1,600 offenders make up the women-only Lee Arrendale State Prison in Georgia, USA. Find out how they adapt to life inside.
  • Hard Time: Women On Lockdown
    Inside the brutal Metro State Prison, Atlanta, the toughest women's prison in Georgia.
  • Hard Time: The Outsiders
    Three prisoners adapt to life in the largest prison in Georgia, USA, while young inmates enter Boot Camp at the punishing Coastal State Prison.
  • Hard Time: The Convict Cycle
    Hard Time returns to a prison in the state of Georgia to chronicle the lives of inmates. How have their lives changed over the past three years?
  • Hard Time: Gangs Vs God
    Smith State Prison in Georgia hosts many dangerous gangs – and a surprising number of recent converts to Islam. Are Smith's Muslims genuine?
  • Hard Time: Cellphone War
    Find out how cellphones help criminals maintain a life of crime behind bars. Over 6,000 were confiscated in Georgia's prisons last year.
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