Tag: Hard Time Prison
Hard Time S04 E01: Come on Vacation, leave on Probation
The prison “Clark County Detention Center” in Las Vegas accommodates the serious sinners of the “Sin City”. Drugs, theft, prostitution, murder – Las Vegas is not only a city of pleasure, but also of crime….
Hard Time S04 E08: Mental Hell
In Clark County prison, many inmates suffer from mental illness. Today’s episode follows schizophrenic inmate Lance, who has a weakness for weapons, suicidal Borderliner Roy, and drug-addicted manic-depressive Jamie. —- This is the official channel…
Hard Time S04 E09: Misfits and Outcasts
Every day, every hour new inmates come to Clark County prison in Las Vegas. The officers have the task of assessing the newcomers and placing them in a way to ensure their safety. Most inmates…
Hard Time S04 E10: Stress Box
A prison stay is not only a hard time for the inmates but also for their relatives. In Clark County prison, visiting time is limited to 30 minutes. How do the inmates, many of whom…
Hard Time: The Hustle S2 E2 | Short Episode
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 E5: Prison Gangs | Short Episode
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 S2 E6: Prison City | Short Episode
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 E7: Back on the Streets | Short Episode
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 S3 E5: Cellphone War | Short Episode
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 S04 E02: Jail Mom
She’s a prehistoric rock in the Clark County Detention Center – Tess Collins, known in the prison wing as “Jail Mom.” She was arrested 22 times, mostly for drug trafficking. But today the 50-year-old is…
Hard Time S04 E03: Running the Joint
Since the space for the accommodation of the prisoners in the biggest prison of Las Vegas is slowly getting scarce, the prison management dares an experiment. Some of the inmates are no longer to be…
Hard Time S04 E05: Judgement Day
The Clark County District Court is located just a few feet from the Clark County Detention Center in L.A.. Prison and court are connected by a tunnel system through which the prisoners enter the courtroom…
Hard Time S04 E04: Love behind Bars
In prison, the inmates have to do without many things – including sex. Theoretically sexual intercourse is forbidden. Of course, there are still relationships between the inmates, even prostitution. It is particularly difficult for those…
Hard Time S04 E06: Revolving Door
Around 80,000 offenders per year pass through the prison machinery of the Clark County Detention Center in Los Angeles. For many, being in jail is so dissuasive that they never commit a crime again after…
Hard Time S04 E07: Gangs behind Bars
Las Vegas: In the Clark County Detention Center a bitter war rages between rival gangs. The guards hardly have a chance against it, as the men resort to more and more perfidious methods. For this…