Prison may not be fun but it sure is
entertaining to watch maybe they forgot
mrs. Alcatraz no one forgets welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
TV shows about prison you got to realize
who’s getting punished when you’re doing
the things you’re doing I think it’s me
it’s you
for this list we’ll be counting down our
picks for the most memorable and
fascinating TV shows where any character
is imprisoned namaste she teaches yoga
if you ever won and she’s good she’s
very spiritual
number 10 borage huh would you add him
on TV go to jail with a name derived
from the British slang for doing time
this old-school Brit calm follows Norman
Stanley Fletcher a man who’s been
sentenced to five years in prison we
therefore feel constrained to commit you
to the maximum term allowed for these
offences you will go to prison for five
years
while Fletcher is considered a habitual
criminal his cellmate
Lenny Garber is pretty green when it
comes to life behind bars and has to
learn the ropes of the prison system so
what you got to tell yourself just
having a client not in G trouble is
about 698 quiet nights in to go as you
can imagine mixing these characters in
with a series of other inmates and
prison workers including one
particularly gullible guard makes for
some hilarious situations as long as
that’s clearly understood at the same
time the show kept an underlining
current of social commentary on the
prison system in Britain helping
cemented status is one of the great
British sitcoms you’re a one I told you
you see those flats and today I want you
to fill one for me what premiere number
nine
buried listen T never never not stuck
don’t ask anyone on able to name for
it’s just a hospital moving from British
comedy to British drama this prison show
revolves around Lee King Lee a man who
was imprisoned for violence and a
firearms offense justified as his crimes
may have been why’d you shoot off the
man raped my sister while he’s in prison
King Lee deals with issues such as
prison corruption bullying and inmate
violence
unfortunately for his moral character
King we must learn to get to the top of
the prison chain in order to survive my
new turn you’re a lightweight
troyzan also but there’s no way you
would hang out with you in strange ways
and wait be on your knee do you know
what I might just give him a call I know
what you’ll say who the show was well
received for its realistic portrayal of
prison life and even won the award for
the best drama series at the BAFTAs most
likely due to its attention to character
development and his accurate depiction
of the claustrophobia of life inside a
prison endurance aetna gotten done
I don’t care what you think about that
I’m innocent locator number eight
Breakout Kings software expires in five
seconds who’s in from the minds of Nick
Santora and Matt Olmstead the two men
behind a successful Prison Break more on
that later comes this drama which sees
u.s. marshals create a task force to
capture escaped prison inmates
you will fall of the toughest runners I
have a con a necessity being the mother
all evil invention whatever we decided
to use fugitives to help catch a
fugitive to do so the marshals work with
inmates and in exchange the inmates get
time off their sentences feels simple
you agree to do this you’ll be
permanently transferred to Maybelle
minimum security prison much nicer than
your current accommodations we catch
Tillman you get time shaved off your
bids conversely if the inmates try to
escape they’ll receive double their
original sentence sounds fair enough but
even with these extreme consequences
authority figures working alongside
criminals causes the expected problems
Kaunas might know I’m working with cops
shave this guy bailed out on the
breakout he knows something do you hear
me paisan I’m Cinderella and Isleta
thinking on you gotta come get me out of
here now thanks to mixed reviews
Breakout Kings only lasted two seasons
but in that time it was successful at
creating tension as viewers watched the
team attempt to capture the inmates
we’re not going away for how conscious
to kick in I don’t sit down get to work
yeah okay number seven bad girls
long before a certain Netflix drama did
the same this British series depicted
the life of a women’s prison wrong
because of its broad topic the show is
able to incorporate a huge ensemble cast
that included a whole host of inmates
throughout its eight series run
including such ladies as if on Atkins
who was sentenced for conspiracy to
commit murder
and she’ll dolly who was imprisoned for
life for murder do as I say and I might
just be alright with you
disobey
you tense off mixing together more
amusing storylines with some seriously
dark fare like drugs and abuse Bad Girls
was critically acclaimed and hit in the
ratings thanks to his gritty gripping
content and performances is this
something that you’re not telling us
she’s my bleeding mother number 6 the
prisoner now leading northern perimeter
number 6 repeat number 6 a series that
blends spy stuff with sci-fi surrealism
symbolism and psychological injury the
prisoner tracks a secret agent who’s
been abducted and brought to a lovely
resort town quite a beautiful place
really isn’t it almost like a world on
its own I shall miss it when I’m gone oh
it will grow on you sounds all right by
us but there is of course a catch his
captors are a little too intrigued with
him and why he recently left his spy job
a lot of people curious about what lies
behind your resignation you had a
brilliant career the record is
impeccable they want to know why your
sudden and left it might not take place
in a literal prison with bard in cells
but as the agent played by series
co-creator Patrick McGoohan
soon discovers there’s no escape and no
one will give him any information why
did I keep asking like questions
I want to know all about me too though
it only lasted 17 episodes the prisoners
unusual setting and psychological themes
of the individual versus the collective
had a lasting impact on numerous future
shows I will not be pushed filed stamped
indexed briefed deeply or number number
five prisoner
what did cheetah
I made a mistake while some of the
series on this list may sound like soap
operas this is the only drama series
we’ve chosen that actually calls itself
a soap another drama set inside a
women’s Correctional Facility prisoner
is typical in that it follows various
inmates that committed various crimes as
they deal with life on the inside now go
over to that cubicle and strip off why
should i strip do as you’re told and
don’t ask questions but the day-to-day
at Wentworth Detention Center as well as
its lively characters hope this show
stand out
notable standouts include Karen Travers
and Lynne Warner two convicted criminals
who we see begin their journeys in
maximum security Yoe named Linwood
speaker Lynne Warner who covering a
number of themes such as feminism
homosexuality and social reform prisoner
was a cultural phenomenon in its time
what do you reckon what can I do you’re
gonna have to organize an abortion for
me number four Wentworth what you 9b Lee
Smith the series phenomenon that was
prisoner did not end with it’s 1986
finale
Wentworth revived audiences interest in
the series by reimagining the stories
for modern audiences he’ll get to go
home one day leave here go home to your
family what sort of woman will you be
now sat in present-day Australia the
show this time focuses on B Smith as she
adjusts to life in Wentworth after being
charged with the attempted murder of her
husband Nick hi today
you know a lot of women find it
overwhelming on their first night while
awaiting her trial Smith must feel with
being away from her daughter and with
the new inmates that she’s meeting I’m
Frankie nice to meet ya Kim reg Branton
hello again drawing comparisons to shows
like breaking ban Wentworth was an even
bigger hit than the show on which it was
based
receiving high ratings in Australia
thanks to its gritty realistic portrayal
of prison life
number three Prison Break you’ve seen
the blueprints better than that
I’ve got him on me Lincoln Burrows has
been sentenced to die for the murder of
the brother of the vice president of the
United States Lincoln’s own brother
Michael Scofield is an engineer who’s
desperate to find a way to bust him out
why you want to see burrows so bad
anyhow
because he’s my brother the plan Michael
gets himself arrested so he and Lincoln
can break out together for the term of
your sentence I’m setting it at five
years you’ll be eligible for parole in
half that time sentenced to be carried
out immediately of course along the way
they also discovered that the whole
thing was part of a much bigger
political conspiracy that we have no
time to explain here as you may have
guessed based on the show’s title the
brothers along with the rest of the Fox
River eight succeed in their plan what
do we do now
we run but that’s just the beginning and
that story was a breakout hit for fox
that lasted for suspenseful seasons
breaking out and you’re gonna make sure
my brother goes with me
number two orange is the new black
you have to remember that it’s all
temporary it’s all temporary
based on a memoir by Piper Kerman as her
own time as an inmate orange is the new
black is a comedy drama set in surprise
surprise a women’s prison it centers on
Piper Chapman a wealthy somewhat spoiled
woman imprisoned for drug trafficking a
crime she committed ten years previously
I carried a suitcase of money drug money
once ten years ago what’s the statute of
limitations on it twelve years but it
quickly becomes evident that orange is
the new black is an ensemble piece that
explores the life of other inmates of
various backgrounds
yo P adds up you got a visitor
hello baby with breakout characters and
a shockingly excellent blend of both the
light and dark sides of prison o itnb
became one of the biggest early
successes when it came to Netflix
original programming in large part due
to its portrayals of race gender and
sexuality listen doc I need my dosage
I’ve given five years $80,000 in my
freedom for this I’m finally who I’m
supposed to be do you understand
I can’t go back before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
if the police are closing interest means
we have to get crafty here change your
SIM card I can’t do things Paul hope you
got me into
which is nuts I don’t disagree but get
used to it
this is life boys you’re not going to
treat me like Moffat I’ll turn out your
pockets
number one cause you’re gonna die one of
the first series to really show us what
a premium channel like HBO could do in
terms of visceral drama Oz follows
inmates as they try to survive on the
inside of an experimental prison section
of the Oswald State Correctional
Facility aka oz some try to obtain power
through drug trades gambling and other
various schemes others just want to wait
out their sentence what brand you myself
livestock gets branded well I’m stuck
that’s what you are
my livestock ah stuck full advantage of
its spot on premium cable to present
things other prison shows just couldn’t
which means that the graphic portrayals
of rape and violence might be too much
for some viewers to handle but those who
are able to bear those moments were
rewarded with stellar acting in this
gritty and at times horrific prison
series
so different he’s scheduled to die
tomorrow anyway the law said that he has
to be aware that he’s being executed he
has to know why’s being executed he has
to be alive to save him
she’s got PMS do you agree with our list
9s so what prison show is your favorite
you know I’ve been here for 22 years and
I still can’t figure out how the system
works
we’re more entertaining top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com you lose an eye get
kicked in the balls get a face full of
shit and become a different man
entertaining to watch maybe they forgot
mrs. Alcatraz no one forgets welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
TV shows about prison you got to realize
who’s getting punished when you’re doing
the things you’re doing I think it’s me
it’s you
for this list we’ll be counting down our
picks for the most memorable and
fascinating TV shows where any character
is imprisoned namaste she teaches yoga
if you ever won and she’s good she’s
very spiritual
number 10 borage huh would you add him
on TV go to jail with a name derived
from the British slang for doing time
this old-school Brit calm follows Norman
Stanley Fletcher a man who’s been
sentenced to five years in prison we
therefore feel constrained to commit you
to the maximum term allowed for these
offences you will go to prison for five
years
while Fletcher is considered a habitual
criminal his cellmate
Lenny Garber is pretty green when it
comes to life behind bars and has to
learn the ropes of the prison system so
what you got to tell yourself just
having a client not in G trouble is
about 698 quiet nights in to go as you
can imagine mixing these characters in
with a series of other inmates and
prison workers including one
particularly gullible guard makes for
some hilarious situations as long as
that’s clearly understood at the same
time the show kept an underlining
current of social commentary on the
prison system in Britain helping
cemented status is one of the great
British sitcoms you’re a one I told you
you see those flats and today I want you
to fill one for me what premiere number
nine
buried listen T never never not stuck
don’t ask anyone on able to name for
it’s just a hospital moving from British
comedy to British drama this prison show
revolves around Lee King Lee a man who
was imprisoned for violence and a
firearms offense justified as his crimes
may have been why’d you shoot off the
man raped my sister while he’s in prison
King Lee deals with issues such as
prison corruption bullying and inmate
violence
unfortunately for his moral character
King we must learn to get to the top of
the prison chain in order to survive my
new turn you’re a lightweight
troyzan also but there’s no way you
would hang out with you in strange ways
and wait be on your knee do you know
what I might just give him a call I know
what you’ll say who the show was well
received for its realistic portrayal of
prison life and even won the award for
the best drama series at the BAFTAs most
likely due to its attention to character
development and his accurate depiction
of the claustrophobia of life inside a
prison endurance aetna gotten done
I don’t care what you think about that
I’m innocent locator number eight
Breakout Kings software expires in five
seconds who’s in from the minds of Nick
Santora and Matt Olmstead the two men
behind a successful Prison Break more on
that later comes this drama which sees
u.s. marshals create a task force to
capture escaped prison inmates
you will fall of the toughest runners I
have a con a necessity being the mother
all evil invention whatever we decided
to use fugitives to help catch a
fugitive to do so the marshals work with
inmates and in exchange the inmates get
time off their sentences feels simple
you agree to do this you’ll be
permanently transferred to Maybelle
minimum security prison much nicer than
your current accommodations we catch
Tillman you get time shaved off your
bids conversely if the inmates try to
escape they’ll receive double their
original sentence sounds fair enough but
even with these extreme consequences
authority figures working alongside
criminals causes the expected problems
Kaunas might know I’m working with cops
shave this guy bailed out on the
breakout he knows something do you hear
me paisan I’m Cinderella and Isleta
thinking on you gotta come get me out of
here now thanks to mixed reviews
Breakout Kings only lasted two seasons
but in that time it was successful at
creating tension as viewers watched the
team attempt to capture the inmates
we’re not going away for how conscious
to kick in I don’t sit down get to work
yeah okay number seven bad girls
long before a certain Netflix drama did
the same this British series depicted
the life of a women’s prison wrong
because of its broad topic the show is
able to incorporate a huge ensemble cast
that included a whole host of inmates
throughout its eight series run
including such ladies as if on Atkins
who was sentenced for conspiracy to
commit murder
and she’ll dolly who was imprisoned for
life for murder do as I say and I might
just be alright with you
disobey
you tense off mixing together more
amusing storylines with some seriously
dark fare like drugs and abuse Bad Girls
was critically acclaimed and hit in the
ratings thanks to his gritty gripping
content and performances is this
something that you’re not telling us
she’s my bleeding mother number 6 the
prisoner now leading northern perimeter
number 6 repeat number 6 a series that
blends spy stuff with sci-fi surrealism
symbolism and psychological injury the
prisoner tracks a secret agent who’s
been abducted and brought to a lovely
resort town quite a beautiful place
really isn’t it almost like a world on
its own I shall miss it when I’m gone oh
it will grow on you sounds all right by
us but there is of course a catch his
captors are a little too intrigued with
him and why he recently left his spy job
a lot of people curious about what lies
behind your resignation you had a
brilliant career the record is
impeccable they want to know why your
sudden and left it might not take place
in a literal prison with bard in cells
but as the agent played by series
co-creator Patrick McGoohan
soon discovers there’s no escape and no
one will give him any information why
did I keep asking like questions
I want to know all about me too though
it only lasted 17 episodes the prisoners
unusual setting and psychological themes
of the individual versus the collective
had a lasting impact on numerous future
shows I will not be pushed filed stamped
indexed briefed deeply or number number
five prisoner
what did cheetah
I made a mistake while some of the
series on this list may sound like soap
operas this is the only drama series
we’ve chosen that actually calls itself
a soap another drama set inside a
women’s Correctional Facility prisoner
is typical in that it follows various
inmates that committed various crimes as
they deal with life on the inside now go
over to that cubicle and strip off why
should i strip do as you’re told and
don’t ask questions but the day-to-day
at Wentworth Detention Center as well as
its lively characters hope this show
stand out
notable standouts include Karen Travers
and Lynne Warner two convicted criminals
who we see begin their journeys in
maximum security Yoe named Linwood
speaker Lynne Warner who covering a
number of themes such as feminism
homosexuality and social reform prisoner
was a cultural phenomenon in its time
what do you reckon what can I do you’re
gonna have to organize an abortion for
me number four Wentworth what you 9b Lee
Smith the series phenomenon that was
prisoner did not end with it’s 1986
finale
Wentworth revived audiences interest in
the series by reimagining the stories
for modern audiences he’ll get to go
home one day leave here go home to your
family what sort of woman will you be
now sat in present-day Australia the
show this time focuses on B Smith as she
adjusts to life in Wentworth after being
charged with the attempted murder of her
husband Nick hi today
you know a lot of women find it
overwhelming on their first night while
awaiting her trial Smith must feel with
being away from her daughter and with
the new inmates that she’s meeting I’m
Frankie nice to meet ya Kim reg Branton
hello again drawing comparisons to shows
like breaking ban Wentworth was an even
bigger hit than the show on which it was
based
receiving high ratings in Australia
thanks to its gritty realistic portrayal
of prison life
number three Prison Break you’ve seen
the blueprints better than that
I’ve got him on me Lincoln Burrows has
been sentenced to die for the murder of
the brother of the vice president of the
United States Lincoln’s own brother
Michael Scofield is an engineer who’s
desperate to find a way to bust him out
why you want to see burrows so bad
anyhow
because he’s my brother the plan Michael
gets himself arrested so he and Lincoln
can break out together for the term of
your sentence I’m setting it at five
years you’ll be eligible for parole in
half that time sentenced to be carried
out immediately of course along the way
they also discovered that the whole
thing was part of a much bigger
political conspiracy that we have no
time to explain here as you may have
guessed based on the show’s title the
brothers along with the rest of the Fox
River eight succeed in their plan what
do we do now
we run but that’s just the beginning and
that story was a breakout hit for fox
that lasted for suspenseful seasons
breaking out and you’re gonna make sure
my brother goes with me
number two orange is the new black
you have to remember that it’s all
temporary it’s all temporary
based on a memoir by Piper Kerman as her
own time as an inmate orange is the new
black is a comedy drama set in surprise
surprise a women’s prison it centers on
Piper Chapman a wealthy somewhat spoiled
woman imprisoned for drug trafficking a
crime she committed ten years previously
I carried a suitcase of money drug money
once ten years ago what’s the statute of
limitations on it twelve years but it
quickly becomes evident that orange is
the new black is an ensemble piece that
explores the life of other inmates of
various backgrounds
yo P adds up you got a visitor
hello baby with breakout characters and
a shockingly excellent blend of both the
light and dark sides of prison o itnb
became one of the biggest early
successes when it came to Netflix
original programming in large part due
to its portrayals of race gender and
sexuality listen doc I need my dosage
I’ve given five years $80,000 in my
freedom for this I’m finally who I’m
supposed to be do you understand
I can’t go back before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
if the police are closing interest means
we have to get crafty here change your
SIM card I can’t do things Paul hope you
got me into
which is nuts I don’t disagree but get
used to it
this is life boys you’re not going to
treat me like Moffat I’ll turn out your
pockets
number one cause you’re gonna die one of
the first series to really show us what
a premium channel like HBO could do in
terms of visceral drama Oz follows
inmates as they try to survive on the
inside of an experimental prison section
of the Oswald State Correctional
Facility aka oz some try to obtain power
through drug trades gambling and other
various schemes others just want to wait
out their sentence what brand you myself
livestock gets branded well I’m stuck
that’s what you are
my livestock ah stuck full advantage of
its spot on premium cable to present
things other prison shows just couldn’t
which means that the graphic portrayals
of rape and violence might be too much
for some viewers to handle but those who
are able to bear those moments were
rewarded with stellar acting in this
gritty and at times horrific prison
series
so different he’s scheduled to die
tomorrow anyway the law said that he has
to be aware that he’s being executed he
has to know why’s being executed he has
to be alive to save him
she’s got PMS do you agree with our list
9s so what prison show is your favorite
you know I’ve been here for 22 years and
I still can’t figure out how the system
works
we’re more entertaining top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com you lose an eye get
kicked in the balls get a face full of
shit and become a different man
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