Lockup (TV show)
Encyclopedia
Lockup is a prison
documentary
series, produced by 44 Blue Productions
, which airs on MSNBC
. The Lockup franchise also includes Lockup Raw and Lockup Extended Stay.
Lockup (and the other series in the franchise) explore prison facilities throughout the United States, profiling notable inmates, incidents, and prison operations. The franchise usually follows one or two as they attend disciplinary hearings, receive visits from family, and interact with other inmates.
Most episodes end with a 'recap', explaining what happened to a given inmate months or years after the taping; subsequent episodes will frequently return to a given prison (and/or a given inmate) to revisit them several months later.
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
series, produced by 44 Blue Productions
44 Blue Productions
44 Blue Productions is a production company founded in 1984 by Rasha and Stephanie Drachkovitch. 44 Blue is a top supplier of reality, documentary, lifestyle and action-adventure programming producing more than 1000 hours for leading US broadcast and cable outlets including A&E, Animal Planet, HBO,...
, which airs on MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
. The Lockup franchise also includes Lockup Raw and Lockup Extended Stay.
Lockup (and the other series in the franchise) explore prison facilities throughout the United States, profiling notable inmates, incidents, and prison operations. The franchise usually follows one or two as they attend disciplinary hearings, receive visits from family, and interact with other inmates.
Most episodes end with a 'recap', explaining what happened to a given inmate months or years after the taping; subsequent episodes will frequently return to a given prison (and/or a given inmate) to revisit them several months later.
Episodes
| # | Title | Institution |
| G001 | Inside San Quentin | San Quentin State Prison San Quentin State Prison San Quentin State Prison is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men in unincorporated San Quentin, Marin County, California, United States. Opened in July 1852, it is the oldest prison in the state. California's only death row for male inmates, the largest... |
| G002 | Return to Rikers | Rikers Island Rikers Island Rikers Island is New York City's main jail complex, as well as the name of the island on which it sits, in the East River between Queens and the mainland Bronx, adjacent to the runways of LaGuardia Airport. The island itself is part of the borough of the Bronx, though it is included as part of... |
| G003 | Inside Riverbend | Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Riverbend Maximum Security Institution is a prison in Nashville, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. The prison opened in 1989 and replaced its 100 year-old neighbor, the Tennessee State Penitentiary. Even today, it is billed as one of the state's most high-tech facilities... |
| G004 | Return to Valley State | Valley State Prison for Women Valley State Prison for Women Valley State Prison for Women is a state prison for women in Chowchilla, California. It is across the road from Central California Women's Facility.-Facilities:... |
| G005 | Inside Wabash | Wabash Valley Correctional Facility Wabash Valley Correctional Facility Wabash Valley Correctional Facility is a prison situated in south of Terre Haute, located in Carlisle, Indiana.-History:The Wabash Valley Correctional Facility was established in 1992.... |
| G006 | Inside Folsom Prison | Folsom State Prison Folsom State Prison Folsom State Prison is a California State Prison located in the city of Folsom, California, northeast from the state capital of Sacramento. Opened in 1880, Folsom is the second-oldest prison in the state of California after San Quentin and was the first in the country to have electricity... |
| G007 | Inside North Carolina Women's Prison | North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women also known as NCCIW, is the primary North Carolina Department of Correction prison facility housing female inmates on a 30 acre campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, and serves as a support facility for the six other women's prisons throughout the state... |
| G008 | Inside Utah State Prison | Utah State Prison Utah State Prison Utah State Prison, or USP, is one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations. It is located in Draper, Utah, United States, about 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.-History:... |
| G009 | Inside Stateville | Stateville Correctional Center Stateville Correctional Center Stateville Correctional Center is a maximum security state prison for men in Crest Hill, Illinois, USA.-History:Opened in 1925, Stateville was built to accommodate 1,506 inmates. Parts of the prison were designed according to the panopticon concept proposed by the British philosopher and prison... |
| G010 | Inside Anamosa | Anamosa State Penitentiary Anamosa State Penitentiary Anamosa State Penitentiary is a maximum security penitentiary prison for men. It is located in the Jones County community of Anamosa, Iowa - approximately northeast of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.... |
| G011 | The Inmate Diaries | Davis Correctional Facility Davis Correctional Facility Davis Correctional Facility is a 960 bed medium security prison formen located in Holdenville, Oklahoma. It is owned and run byCorrections Corporation of America.-External links:*... |
| G012 | The Criminal Mind | Atascadero State Hospital Atascadero State Hospital Atascadero State Hospital is located on the central coast of California, in San Luis Obispo County, half-way between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is an all-male, maximum-security facility, that has patients from all over the state... |
| G013 | Inside Kentucky State Penitentiary | Kentucky State Penitentiary Kentucky State Penitentiary The Kentucky State Penitentiary, also known as the "Castle on the Cumberland," is a prison of the Kentucky Department of Corrections located in Eddyville, Kentucky. The state's only maximum security male facility, the prison is located on Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River, about from downtown... |
| G014 | Return to Corcoran | California State Prison, Corcoran California State Prison, Corcoran California State Prison, Corcoran is a male-only state prison located in the city of Corcoran, in Kings County, California. Also known as Corcoran State Prison, CSP-C, CSP-COR, CSP-Corcoran, and Corcoran I, it should not be confused with the newer California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and... |
| G015 | Return to Pelican Bay | Pelican Bay State Prison Pelican Bay State Prison Pelican Bay State Prison is a supermax California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison near Crescent City in unincorporated Del Norte County, California. The facility is explicitly designed to keep California’s alleged “worst of the worst” prisoners in long-term solitary... |
| G016 | Inside L.A. County | Los Angeles County jail system |
| G017 | Louisiana | Louisiana State Penitentiary Louisiana State Penitentiary The Louisiana State Penitentiary is a prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is the largest maximum security prison in the United States with 5,000 offenders and 1,800 staff... |
| G018 | Inside Brushy Mountain | Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex |
| G019 | New Mexico | Penitentiary of New Mexico Penitentiary of New Mexico The Penitentiary of New Mexico is a men's prison located in unincorporated Santa Fe County, south of central Santa Fe, on New Mexico State Road 14. It is operated by the New Mexico Corrections Department.... |
| G020 | Inside Alaska | Spring Creek Correctional Center Spring Creek Correctional Center Spring Creek Correctional Center is an Alaska Department of Corrections maximum security prison for men located in Seward, Alaska, United States. The prison is located approximately south of Anchorage. The prison is located on about of land surrounded by national parks. The prison capacity... |
| G021 | Inside Holman | Holman Correctional Facility Holman Correctional Facility Holman Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections prison located in unincorporated southwestern Escambia County, Alabama. The facility is along Alabama State Highway 21, north of Atmore.... |
| G022 | Inside Kern Valley | Kern Valley State Prison Kern Valley State Prison Kern Valley State Prison is in Delano, California and is adjacent to North Kern State Prison. Kern Valley is a Level IV Maximum Security institution. This prison houses 5,013 inmates with a design capacity of 2,448. Kern Valley opened in June 2005 and has an annual operating budget of .-External... |
| ? | Guards at Risk | - |
| ? | Inside Stark | Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility |
| ? | Violence Behind Bars | - |
| ? | Survival Behind Bars | - |
| ? | Shock Incarceration | Louisiana's IMPACT Boot camp |
| ? | Getting Out | - |