Shackles around her ankles are locked onto the iron bed frame as the female prisoner is chained down. Her hands and torso are linked with steel and padlocked. Once she is immobile, her tormenter enters the cell and sprays tear gas directly into her screaming face. Is this security or sadism?

Prisoners suffer and sometimes die behind bars. Correctional officers defend themselves against dangerous inmates. What really goes on inside America's prisons? Is it justice or Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
Rival gang members are released into a confined concrete pen. Once the inevitable fight starts, the prison guards use it as an excuse to open fire and one inmate is shot dead. We'll go inside the prison system to learn how such inhuman games are tolerated.