Page 4 - Maximum Security Prisons News Today

No large-scale violence. coming up next on "lockup: world tour," one of the newest and most high-tech maximum security prisons in eastern europe. its built to house not only killers and kidnappers, but the leaders of polands organized crime rings.

Now back to "lockup." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. 26-year-old deanna collins came to the bergen county jail on multiple charges of using fraudulent means to obtain and distribute prescription drugs. one of her worst fears, assignment to the maximum security unit, was realized. >> honestly, its just what i heard when i was on the outside of maximum security prisons. just crazy girls who kill people. i heard horror stories about girls getting in fights just to k...

This is going to be thorny. clinton dannemora prison has always been a very strange prison. a prison that has a lot of culture and tra diditions that arent normal, modern prison policy. it just looks different from what most maximum security prisons look like. so as this scrutiny comes to bear, we know of two probes under way in addition to the criminal cases that are now happening with gene palmer and joyce mitchell. when you start turning over those rocks, i think it will make a lot of people ...

In most maximum security prisons, people convicted of sex-related populations are out casts and housed in protective custody to keep others from beating or killing them. >> these offenders rarely discuss the details of their crime and when they do, it can be tough to take. there is value to their stories. they are cautionary tales. >> we met tammy deeds at the tennessee prison for women. initially it wasnt her crime that caught our attention. it was her disability. >> what is it like being deaf ...

Were not just going to roll up and go home because we live here and we work here and we care about the work and we care about doing it right. we all have the same goals to make the system safe and to make the community safe. together, were building a better california. "lockup" has been documenting life in some of americas most hard-core maximum

"lockup" has been documenting life in some of americas most hard-core maximum security prisons since the year 2000. in 2009 we went behind the walls of prisons overseas for the first time on "lockup: world tour." we discovered that while many of the challenges facing these prisons were the same, the differences were startling. that was especially true when we visited prisons in belgium. among other things, we learned that when an inmate escapes from a belgian prison, authorities will try to catc...

♪ 26-year-old deanna collins came to the bergen county jail on multiple charges of using fraudulent means to obtain and distribute prescription drugs. one of her worst fears, assignment to the maximum security unit was realized. >> honestly, its just what i heard when i was on the outside of maximum security prisons. just crazy girls who kill people. i heard horror stories about girls getting in fights just to keep their soap. >> but so far, its been a different sort of experience. >> everyb...

26-year-old deanna collins came to the bergen county jail on multiple charges of using fraudulent means to obtain and distribute prescription drugs. one of her worst fears, assignment to the maximum security unit was realized. >> honestly, its just what i heard when i was on the outside of maximum security prisons. just crazy girls who kill people. i heard horror stories about girls getting in fights just to keep their soap. >> but so far, its been a different sort of experience. >> everybody is...

26-year-old deanna collins came to the bergen county jail on multiple charges of using fraudulent means to obtain and distribute prescription drugs. one of her worst fears, assignment to the maximum security unit was realized. >> honestly, its just what i heard when i was on the outside of maximum security prisons. just crazy girls who kill people. i heard horror stories about girls getting in fights just to keep their soap. >> but so far, its been a different sort of experience. >> everybody is...

Due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. 26-year-old deanna collins came to the bergen county jail on multiple charges of using fraudulent means to obtain and distribute prescription drugs. one of her worst fears, assignment to the maximum security unit was realized. >> honestly, its just what i heard when i was on the outside of maximum security prisons. just crazy girls who kill people. i heard horror stories about girls getting in fights just to keep their soap. >> but so...