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Season 1 / Episode 9 and airs on 10 September 2024 02:33
Prison Chronicles takes you inside some of the world's most notorious prisons. Every episode delves into the unique history of a specific prison, showcasing its wildest practices, infamous inmates, harrowing events, and ingenious escapes. Spanning 1,000 years, the series covers legendary institutions from the historic Tower of London to today's high-tech ADX, where El Chapo is currently held. Through interviews with journalists, former correctional officers, and previously incarcerated individuals, the series offers an authentic glimpse into the inner workings of these prisons.
Dannemora, located in the frigid Adirondack mountains, its nickname is "little Siberia." Officially called the Clinton Correctional facility--this foreboding prison is commonly known as Dannemora--named after the town where it is built. The prison opens on June 3, 1845, as a source of free labor for the local mines. Here are three of the most incredible tales from inside its icy walls. First, a desperate convict Kenneth Kimes takes a Court TV producer hostage. Then, a superstar prisoner, Tupac Shakur, stirs up trouble, and finally- two murderers, Richard Matt and David Sweat, attempt a daring escape.
San Quentin located in Marin County on the San Francisco Bay is California's oldest prison dating back to the gold rush, and home to the state's only gas chamber. Here three men have tried to find their way out of the prison's clutches. George Jackson attempts to shoot his way out by sneaking a gun in an afro wig. Stanley "Tookie" Williams, co-founder of the Crips, attempts to write his way out of prison and earns a Nobel Peace Prize Nomination. Serial escape artists Forrest Silva Tucker enlists two other inmates to make a boat and row their way out of the prison. Will they make it?
Attica, a 90-year-old maximum-security prison in upstate New York, has a legacy of violence and inmate abuse stretching back decades. From the serial killer Son of Sam who gets his throat slashed, to an Irish mobster Mad "Dog" Sullivan who is the only person to have escaped the prison successfully, and the deadliest prison riot in American history.
Leavenworth located 25-miles northwest of Kansas City--was the largest maximum-security federal prison in the United States for over a hundred years. Its imposing dome gave rise to the term "the big house". Here are three tales of the struggle to endure life behind its giant walls. Carl Panzram, a violent inmate who attacks his foreman. Then, a murderer, Robert Stroud, who becomes famous for his work with birds. And finally, the prison's drug trade gives rise to the most feared inmate in the country, Tommy Silverstein.
For a century, France shipped prisoners to Devil's Island located off French Guiana so they would vanish from the public eye. It's most famous prisoner Alfred Dreyfus is a military officer convicted of crimes he didn't commit. Prison justice is dealt out by a guillotine nicknamed "The Merry Widow." And a daring escape by sea through shark infested waters and dangerous currents.
Deep in the heart of the Confederacy, Andersonville is the last place a Union soldier wants to end up during the American Civil War. Only opened for 14 months it's the deadliest American prison, becoming the final resting place for over 12,000 men. Dorence Atwater creates a secret list which later becomes instrumental in marking gravestones at the historic site. The renegade General George Stoneman attempts to liberate the horrendous prison. And a vicious prison gang known as "The Raiders" terrorizes their brothers-in-arms.
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