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''Lockdown'' is a television series appearing on the
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. The series is an educational look into prisons and jails in the United States, presented in a
documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
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 A consultant (from "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as ''expert'', ''specialist'', see variations of meaning below) who provides advice or services in an area of specialization (generally to medium or large-size corporations). Cons ...
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."


Episodes


Season 1


Season 2


References


External links


Official website
{{National Geographic TV National Geographic (American TV channel) original programming 2006 American television series debuts 2007 American television series endings 2000s American documentary television series