10. L. A. County Jail

2003 - Season 4

9. Colorado State

2003 - Season 4

8. McAlester

2003 - Season 4

7. Maine State

2003 - Season 4

6. Eddyville

2003 - Season 4

State Prison, Parchman, Mississippi...a land without visible boundaries. Originally a slave plantation ruled by the whip, today its most important crop is neither food nor cotton, but prisoners. And 75 percent of them are African American.

5. Joliet

2003 - Season 4

4. Montana State

2003 - Season 4

3. Parchman

2003 - Season 4

The largest prison system in the free world, its 20,000 male and female inmates reflect the crimes and racial tensions of Los Angeles County. The challenge is staggering--feed 75,000 meals a day and keep an estimated 16,000 gang members from killing each other! Welcome to LA County Jail with an inmate roster that reads like a Who's Who of national crime stories--Bugsy Siegel, Mickey Cohen, Robert Mitchum, Robert Blake, Charles Manson...all passed through its standing-room-only holding tanks!

2. Central Prison

2003 - Season 4

1. Auburn

2003 - Season 4

Called the "Castle on the Cumberland", its inspiring medieval presence is a focal point on the...