The BEST episodes of Lockup
Every episode of Lockup ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Lockup!
Lockup takes us inside maximum security prisons, showing us what life is really like for those that are spending several years there, their whole life, or even those waiting to be executed.
#1 - Raw: The Daily Grind
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/19/2008
The daily grind of prison life has been known to push some inmates to the brink.
Watch Now:iTunes#2 - Extended Stay: New Mexico - Taking a Hostage
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2008
Prisoners take hostages in the Penitentiary of New Mexico.
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#3 - Wabash Valley: Extended Stay - Close Quarters
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/17/2011
Pairing up inmates into two-man cells requires careful screening.
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#4 - Wabash Valley: Extended Stay - Sticks and Stone
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/26/2011
The Wabash Correctional Facility houses more than 2,000 convicted felons.
Watch Now:iTunes#5 - World Tour: Western Europe
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2009
Life inside prisons throughout Scotland and Belgium.
#6 - World Tour: Eastern Europe
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2009
Behind the walls of six maximum-security prisons in Serbia, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
Watch Now:iTunes#7 - Raw: Time to Kill
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/23/2009
How inmates spend their time in jail.
#8 - Raw: Pushing the Limits
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/27/2010
In a life full of restrictions, we've seen inmates take control of whatever they can, despite the consequences. We've seen frustrated inmates reach their breaking point. And in the battle of wills, some will take actions that can never be reversed.
Watch Now:iTunes#9 - Extended Stay: Corcoran - Road to Redemption
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/20/2008
Inmates must choose between doing their time or following a more self-destructive path.
Watch Now:iTunes#10 - Raw: Ganging Up
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/16/2009
Joining a gang while in prison.
#11 - Raw: Survival 101
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/2009
An inmate feels his survival depends on staying in prison; prison food.
#12 - Indiana State Prison: Extended Stay - For Better Or Worse
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/13/2009
Contraband finds its way to the inmates.
Watch Now:iTunes#13 - Tampa: Extended Stay - High Profile
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/3/2011
At the Hillsborough County Jail in Tampa, Fla., an accused murderer in a high profile case tries to cash in on her notoriety and a convicted rapist loses his cool in court.
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#15 - Wichita: Extended Stay - Defending Bacon
Season 27 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2017
At the Sedgwick County Jail in Wichita, Kansas, many inmates rely on their faith to help them through their time behind bars.
#16 - Extended Stay: Corcoran - Hugs Not Drugs
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/30/2008
Inmates find various ways to smuggle in contraband.
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#17 - Wabash Valley: Extended Stay - We Fight
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/10/2011
A group inmates find themselves in racial conflict.
Watch Now:iTunes#18 - Inside Spring Creek Alaska
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/2006
Life inside Alaska's Spring Creek Correctional Center.
Watch Now:iTunes#19 - Boston: Extended Stay - Baptism by Fire
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/2011
An inmate finds himself on the wrong end of an attack; another with a reputation for violence and another waits trial for murder.
Watch Now:iTunes#20 - Raw: Harsh Reality
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2010
Sometimes life has other plans, like when the ex leader of a gang faces a whole new reality he discovers the price for coming clean.
Watch Now:iTunes#21 - Indiana State Prison: Extended Stay - Brotherhood
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/20/2009
The Residential Treatment Unit.
Watch Now:iTunes#22 - Maricopa County: Extended Stay - Identity Crisis
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/31/2010
No matter the circumstances that brought them there, Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix, Arizona, will have a profound effect on who the inmates will become. And for some, their time in jail will reveal their true nature.
Watch Now:iTunes#23 - Holman: Extended Stay - He Takes No Prisoners
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/2007
Grantt Culliver controls the disruptive inmates of Holman Correctional Facility.
Watch Now:iTunes#24 - Extended Stay: Corcoran - Prison Politics
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/16/2008
Corcoran officers put their lives on the line to prevent inmate attacks.
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#25 - Santa Rosa: Extended Stay - The Wrong Fight
Season 14 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2012
Meet Danny Pritchett, who has a history of being a predatory inmate, both inside and outside of prison. He was transferred to Santa Rosa after proving to be too much to handle at other Florida state prisons.
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