Tag: Hard Time Documentary
Old vs. New Generation | Oran Brumley | Hard Time S2
Over half of his life in prison – this is the story of 60-year-old inmate Oran Brumley who has seen the prison system change serving long and Hard Times locked away. He has come to…
Take what you need | Juice Reynolds | Hard Time S2
Hard Times living behind bars, especially with no access to money from relatives or better-paying prison jobs. Some inmates choose the illegal way of building a paid business, others just steal what they want. This…
Legal vs. Illegal Work | Ronald A. Dudas | Hard Time S2
Not all prisoners rely on a reputation of violence and spreading fear in order to get through Hard Times behind bars. Inmate Ronald A. Dudas is more of the quiet sort but doesn’t obey the…
Back in Prison | Rodney Ruggles | Hard Time S2
This is the return of Rodney Ruggles aka. Rebel in Hard Time. As a short timer he regularly serves shorter sentences in prison and therefore is not an unknown face at the Ohio prison. He…
Going Home| David Mahoney| Hard Times S2
Life in prison is tough, but it seems even harder to get used to life back on the streets after doing time for over 20 years. Former Hard Times inmate David Mahoney knows that no…
Lesson learned | Marquis Hayes| Hard Times S2
First and hopefully last time in prison for 18 year old new arrival Marquis Hayes in Hard Times. The orientation process is tedious and he has to decide which path he wants to take to…
Fall and End of Mussolini | Evolution of Evil | Short Episode
The story of Benito Mussolini, a dark hearted man full of violence and brutality. They are a rogues gallery of the most notorious despots in recent history. From Hitler to Saddam Hussein, from Stalin to…
Hard Time S2 E4: Breaking the Rules
There’s a high stakes game of cat and mouse going down at Ross Correctional Institution – as officers lay down the law, and inmates devise schemes to break it. —- This is the official channel…
Hard Time S2 E2: The Hustle
At one of Ohio’s toughest prisons, three young inmates try three very different strategies as they confront challenges from the system and from each other. —- This is the official channel of the TV documentary…
Hard Time S2 E3: Female Offenders
Managing female offenders is one of the toughest jobs in corrections, and at the Ohio Reformatory for Women the system is tested daily by every kind of inmate – from nursery mothers, to capital murderers….
Hard Time S2 E1: Against the Wall
Episode 1 follows new inmates as they enter the locked down world of Ohio’s intake prison, where new inmates are sized up and broken in to the rules of the system. —- This is the…
Hard Time S3 E7: The Convict Cycle
Three years after they first appeared on “Hard Timeâ€, National Geographic catches up with four inmates at different stages of doing time: settling into their time, getting ready for release, and struggling to get by…
Hard Time S3 E8: The Outsiders
Two Georgia prisons – Jackson and Coastal – absorb a flood of new inmates, while four prisoners struggle to adapt to a new reality of life behind bars. —- This is the official channel of…
Hard Time S2 E6: Prison City
Ross Correctional Institution is a gated city. Every inmate must make a choice: Use his sentence to prepare for a life on the outside, or fall prey to the convict mentality — which on the…
Hard Time S2 E5: Prison Gangs
In prison, gangs are a fact of life that forces every inmate to make a choice: join up and stand together – or stand your ground as a lone wolf. —- This is the official…
Hard Time S3 E5: Cellphone War
In Georgia prison system, special investigators and corrections officers are waging a war against a flood of contraband cellphones – an inmate’s key to power inside and a constant connection to the outside world. —-…
Hard Time S2 E7: Back on the Streets
This episode follows four inmates as they navigate the temptations of prison life and prepare to face their biggest challenge yet: making it on the street. —- This is the official channel of the TV…
Hard Time S2 E8: Worst of the Worst
Break the law in Ohio and you go to prison. Break the rules on the inside, and you’re going to the Big House – Lucasville – the jail within the prison system. —- This is…
Hard Time S3 E1: Battle Behind Bars
Step inside Georgia’s Smith State Prison to witness a battle between the state’s toughest inmates and the paramilitary system that’s fighting to contain them. —- This is the official channel of the TV documentary “Hard…
Hard Time S3 E2: World Without Men
At Lee Arrendale State Prison, Georgia’s largest female facility, inmates settle in to do their time… or make prison part of their life. —- This is the official channel of the TV documentary “Hard Time”…
Hard Time S3 E3: Women on Lockdown
Three female inmates – a first-timer, a career criminal, and a murderer with a life sentence – navigate the challenges and pitfalls of Georgia’s toughest women’s prison. —- This is the official channel of the…
