The Big House
Season 41998
A study of maximum-security prisons in the U.S. and Europe includes profiles of notable prisoners and wardens.
A study of maximum-security prisons in the U.S. and Europe includes profiles of notable prisoners and wardens.
8 Episodes
Paul Sorvino narrates this look inside Folsom Prison, a California penitentiary that opened in 1880 and housed infamous criminals such as Charles Manson and Jake Oppenheimer. Also: the multiple hangings that occurred between 1895 and 1937.
October 18, 1999