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In one of Oklahoma's toughest counties, an underfunded jail runs on empty as rookie officers face harsh realities on the job and the inmates search for a second chance behind bars, fighting to build a future they never thought possible.

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In one of America's wealthiest counties, Loudoun County Adult Detention Center serves the wealthy and the impoverished alike by running rehab programs, chasing contraband, and giving every inmate — rich or poor — a shot at a brighter future.

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At Tennessee's Dyer County Jail, overcrowding, contraband and violence strain an understaffed facility, where drugs have been smuggled in by officers and violence among inmates has turned deadly.

Tennessee Dyer County Jail

In Utah County, Sheriff Mike Smith runs a behavior-based jail, where good conduct earns inmates greater privileges and access to programs built to break the cycle of recidivism.

Utah County Jail

On Florida's Treasure Coast, home to some of the priciest real estate in the state, Indian River County Jail serves the people who wealth left behind. Deputies invest in programs, mentorship and second chances to keep them from coming back.

Indian River County Jail

At the crossroads of one of the West Coast's busiest narcotics corridors, Sheriff Patrick Withrow and his deputies confront violent offenders, rival gangs and the ongoing battle to stop contraband from entering California's San Joaquin County Jail.

San Joaquin County Jail

Anderson County, Tennessee, is federally recognized as an area affected by drug trafficking and gangs. With only one county jail, Sheriff Barker and his team combat crime while offering unique inmate reentry programs that reduce recidivism.

Anderson County Jail

At Florida's Flagler County Jail, law-and-order Sheriff Rick Staly takes a tough approach to corrections while battling the revolving door of repeat offenders through discipline, rehabilitation and recovery programs designed to break the cycle of crime.

Flagler County Jail

In a city gripped by fentanyl and rising drug arrests, San Francisco's largest jail is on the front lines of addiction; it fights to give inmates a shot at recovery, rehabilitation and a path forward.

San Francisco County Jail

After nearly two decades of economic decline and a surge in methamphetamine use, Wood County, Wisconsin opens a new $93 million jail, where staff faces mounting pressure to help a community searching for a way forward.

Wood County Jail

As an opioid epidemic grips the county, a law-and-order sheriff uses rehabilitation to help inmates break the cycle of addiction while officers work around the clock to maintain safety, security and order inside one of New York's busiest jails.

Suffolk County Correctional Facility

In Bloody Tangipahoa, a new sheriff takes on a parish defined by violence, fighting to pull a crumbling, neglected jail back from the brink while inmates work to rebuild the family bonds that could keep them from coming back.

Tangipahoa Parish Jail

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