Prison Chronicles

Three stories of men willing to take risks to escape the cold, dark cells of "the Rock"; six convicts organize a jailbreak; three men attempt an elaborate breakout.

On ADX, "Alcatraz of the Rockies" located in Florence, Colorado, Ishmael Petty attacks the staff; Tommy Silverstein finds a way to communicate with Ramzi Youssef; an inmate starves himself to protest the prison's policies.

On the Hanoi Hilton, an American POW prison of the Vietnam War located in the city of Hanoi, Vietnam; captives include John McCain, the group of airmen who invent a secret communication code, and Jerimiah Denton who sneaks messages home on live TV.

A maximum-security prison on the banks of the Hudson, just 30 miles north of New York City, gives rise to the saying, being sent up the river.

Dannemora prison opens in 1845 as a source of free labor for the local mines; Kenneth Kimes takes a Court TV producer hostage; Tupac Shakur stirs up trouble; Richard Matt and David Sweat attempt to 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.