America's Toughest Prisons is a Documentary programme.

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America's Toughest Prisons: Surviving Statesville

Series 1, episode 7

New series of the programme that unlocks the truth about some of America's most notorious prisons. This edition focuses on Statesville Prison in Illinois. With violence a constant threat at this maximum-security facility, guards and inmates alike must find ways to cope with daily life.