''Lockdown'' is a television series appearing on the
National Geographic Channel
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. The series is an educational look into prisons and jails in the United States, presented in a
documentary
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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
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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