Survival | José López | Hard Time S3
In our documentation series Hard Times, José López has to face his new reality. José López is still coming to terms with the prison system’s changes in Hard Time. In…
Improvise, adapt, overcome | Russel Rollf | Hard Time S3
In our series Hard Time, Russell Rollf´s tobacco business is struggling. But the opportunist is not so quickly brought down. Russell Rollf, aka Izzy, got caught illegally mending the clothes…
Temptations | Michael Wildes | Hard Time S3
Drugs have found their way inside our documentation series Hard Time. In Hard Time, Micheal Wildes has to spend two more years behind bars. For an addict like Micheal Wildes…
First steps in the free world | Elliot Crowl | Hard Time S3
After 11 years in prison in Hard Time, he never wants to go back. Elliot Crowl will be released in less than a week. He left his alter ego behind…
Never going back | Sean Rockefeller | Hard Time S3
In our documentation series Hard Times, Sean Rockefeller had a difficult time after his release from prison. The registered sex offender looked for ways to escape life in Hard Times,…
The search for a way out | Christopher Timmreck | Hard Time S3
In Hard Time, Christopher Timmreck is expecting his family. However, the prison suspects him of having a cell phone. Now he is under investigation in Hard Time. Christopher Timmreck, aka…
At crossroads to redemption | Eugene Howard | Hard Time S3
Eugene Howard is a newcomer to Earl “Kareem” Smith’s group in Hard Times. When he entered the prison system, Eugene Howard joined a gang. Now he is looking for a…
Daily threat of violence | Randy Cochran| Hard Time S3
“Randy “”Rock”” Cochran from Hard Time works in the kitchen, and he is always respectful to the authorities. Randy “”Rock”” Cochran knows that life in prison is not easy. He…
The price of leadership behind bars | Earl Smith | Hard Time S3
Earl Smith (“Kareem”) is convicted of murder and must serve life in prison. He robbed a restaurant when he was 22 and killed someone working there. While in prison in…
Payday | Anjail Muhammad | Hard Time S3
In our documentation series Hard Time, Anjail Muhammad is sentenced for murder with life without parole. In prison, Anjail Muhammad still is rather provocative. She tries to get around all…
Life as a prison player | Julie Murphy | Hard Time S3
It is Julie Murphy’s third stay in prison, and she knows how things go. In Hard Times, Julie is a well-known inmate, which is not always a good thing. She…
Regretting decisions | Amy Price | Hard Time S3
Amy Price was a straight-A student from a loving home, but she ended up in Hard Times. In Hard Times, Amy started doing party drugs. Her crime is theft by…
A special place in the hierachy| Rose Richardson| Hard Time S3
She has a job in prison, she is a maintanance worker. Rose Richardson is in lockdown because of talking back to her work supervisor in Hard Times. She has been…
A problematic inmate | Kimberly Taylor | Hard Time S3
Kimberly Taylor is not the easiest inmate from Hard Times. She has trouble with other women in jail, thats why she was in Lockdown for two weeks in Hard Times.…
Prison celebrity | Brandi Cook | Hard Time S3
She walks like one, talks like one, treats you like one. Overall Brandi Cook from Hard Time describes herself as a gentleman. Brandi Cook alias T is a three time…
Taking a different path | J.B. Davis | Hard Time S3
J.B. Davis’s lifestory presented in Hard Time, is shaped by a troubled youth. In Hard Time, he explains that he had a lot of anger in him as a young…
Conform or consequences | Hassan Hawkins | Hard Time S3
The new prison inmate in Hard Time, Hassan Hawkins, tries to adapt to his new life behind bars. Unwilling to follow the rules of another prison he was now removed…
The Prison Code | Antonio German| Hard Time S3
Antonio German is not the easiest prisoner in our series Hard Time. In Hard Time he is one of the instigators of an uprise of inmates. And even after that…
Old vs. New Generation | Oran Brumley | Hard Time S2
Over half of his life in prison – this is the story of 60-year-old inmate Oran Brumley who has seen the prison system change serving long and Hard Times locked…
Take what you need | Juice Reynolds | Hard Time S2
Hard Times living behind bars, especially with no access to money from relatives or better-paying prison jobs. Some inmates choose the illegal way of building a paid business, others just…
Legal vs. Illegal Work | Ronald A. Dudas | Hard Time S2
Not all prisoners rely on a reputation of violence and spreading fear in order to get through Hard Times behind bars. Inmate Ronald A. Dudas is more of the quiet…
Back in Prison | Rodney Ruggles | Hard Time S2
This is the return of Rodney Ruggles aka. Rebel in Hard Time. As a short timer he regularly serves shorter sentences in prison and therefore is not an unknown face…
Going Home| David Mahoney| Hard Times S2
Life in prison is tough, but it seems even harder to get used to life back on the streets after doing time for over 20 years. Former Hard Times inmate…
Lesson learned | Marquis Hayes| Hard Times S2
First and hopefully last time in prison for 18 year old new arrival Marquis Hayes in Hard Times. The orientation process is tedious and he has to decide which path…
Hard Time S2 E4: Breaking the Rules
There’s a high stakes game of cat and mouse going down at Ross Correctional Institution – as officers lay down the law, and inmates devise schemes to break it. —-…
Hard Time S2 E2: The Hustle
At one of Ohio’s toughest prisons, three young inmates try three very different strategies as they confront challenges from the system and from each other. —- This is the official…