120 Hours Behind Bars

In Clay County, a small jail bears the weight of a community in crisis.

A new sheriff battles violence and neglect in a crumbling Louisiana jail.

As an opioid epidemic grips the county, a law-and-order sheriff uses rehabilitation to help inmates break the cycle of addiction while officers work around the clock to maintain safety, security and order inside one of New York's busiest jails.

After nearly two decades of economic decline and a surge in methamphetamine use, Wood County, Wisconsin opened a new $93 million jail, where staff face mounting pressure to help a community searching for a way forward.

San Francisco's largest jail battles addiction and offers a path forward.

At Florida's Flagler County Jail, law and order Sheriff Rick Staly takes a tough approach to corrections while battling the revolving door of repeat offenders through discipline, rehabilitation, and recovery programs designed to break the cycle of crime.

Anderson County Jail uses unique inmate programs as a correctional tool.

In San Joaquin County, a sheriff controls a jail full of violent offenders.

On Florida's Treasure Coast, Indian River County Jail serves the people that wealth left behind and tries to keep them from coming back.