Oz
Oz
Ended(1997–2003)
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
Theme
Prison
Mindhunter
Mindhunter
Ended(2017– )
Set in the late 1970s, two FBI agents are tasked with interviewing serial killers to solve open cases.
The Prisoner 1967
The Prisoner 1967
Ended
After he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing; he only tries to escape.
Prison Break
Prison Break
Ended
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the in...
College Behind Bars
College Behind Bars
Ended
College Behind Bars is the inspiring, emotional, and deeply human story of men and women struggling to earn college degrees while in prison for serious crimes. In four years of study they become accomplished scholars, shatter ster...
Time
NewTime
Eric is a prison officer who tries to protect those in his charge. When one of the most dangerous inmates identifies his weakness, Eric faces an impossible choice between his principles and his love for his family.
Tulsa King
Tulsa King
Ongoing
Following his release from prison, mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely characters.
Escape At Dannemora
Escape At Dannemora
Ended
A female prison employee in upstate New York becomes romantically involved with a pair of inmates and helps them escape.
Back to Life
Back to Life
Ended
After 18 years behind bars, Miri Matteson returns home and stumbles back into adult life in the claustrophobic coastal town she once knew in this half-hour comedy series.
60 Days In
60 Days In
Ongoing(2016– )
"60 Days In" offers an unprecedented look at life behind bars at Indiana's Clark County Jail. Seven ordinary people volunteer to live among its general population for 60 days, without fellow inmates or staff knowing their secret.
Breakout Kings
Breakout Kings
Ended(2011–2012)
A squad of U.S. marshals team up with cons (former fugitives) to work together on tracking down prison escapees in exchange for getting time off their sentences.
Fire Country
NewFire Country
Ongoing
A young convict joins a firefighting program looking for redemption and a shortened prison sentence, he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region.
UnPrisoned
UnPrisoned
Ended
Follows a therapist and single mom whose life is turned right-side-up when her dad gets out of prison and moves to her house to live with her and her teenage son.
Savage River
Savage River
Ended
When Miki Anderson returns to her hometown after ten years in prison she's determined to finally move on with her life, but the close-knit community of Savage River is not about to let her forget the past that easily.
Hard Cell 2022
Hard Cell 2022
Ended
A documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley while Catherine Tate portrays multiple characters to capture the penal system at its brutal humorous best.
Guilty Party 2021
Guilty Party 2021
Ended
A discredited journalist, desperate to salvage her career, latches onto the story of a young mother sentenced to life in prison for maiming and murdering her husband -- crimes she claims she didn't commit.
The I-Land
The I-Land
Ended
When ten people wake up on a treacherous island with no memory of who they are and how they got there, they set off on a trek to try to get back home, only to discover the world is not as it seems.