Lockdown (2006 TV series)

Lockdown is a television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel. The series is an educational look into prisons and jails in the United States, presented in a documentary format. Lockdown is known in some regions as America's Hardest Prisons. Reruns of the series currently air on The Justice Network.

Development
Ex-con Larry Lawton was contacted to be a consultant for the show, but didn't accept it because the show didn't allow him to "discuss what really goes on in the prison system."