American Crimes

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American Crimes focuses on true crime stories and legal proceedings from across the United States. The channel’s programming draws from actual case files, courtroom footage, and investigative reports, covering homicides, fraud, organized crime, and historical criminal cases. Documentaries and reenactments explore how law enforcement agencies operate, while some segments examine forensic science and the judicial process. The content tends to avoid dramatization, instead presenting facts and interviews with detectives, prosecutors, or survivors. News updates on ongoing trials or recent arrests occasionally appear between scheduled shows.

Viewers can access the channel through cable and satellite providers in the United States. Some episodes are available on demand through participating streaming services, though full schedules vary by region. TV guide listings for American Crimes typically group programs by theme, such as cold cases or white-collar crime, without a fixed daily lineup. The channel does not produce original series or employ on-air hosts, relying instead on licensed content from production companies specializing in crime documentaries.

Schedule
YesterdayTodayTomorrow5 Aug6 Aug
Lockup: Fairfax: Extended Stay
00:14 - 01:05
Lockup: Fairfax: Extended Stay
The Crip and the Cougar
Series, Documentary, Reality, Crime
A gang member with a violent past and a long disciplinary record in jail tries to convince staff he's changed; another inmate, once a victim of prison rape, lobbies to do his time in isolation.
Lockup: Tampa: Extended Stay
01:05 - 01:56
Lockup: Tampa: Extended Stay
Bitter Pills
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
An inmate with a long record runs an extortion scheme, while drugs inside the jail pose a lethal threat; the jail's newest team member makes her presence known.
Lockup: Tampa: Extended Stay
01:56 - 02:46
Lockup: Tampa: Extended Stay
You Feel Me?
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
A drug-addicted mother asks a judge to keep her out of prison; just brought in on drug charges, a young man attempts to make bail, while another awaits sentencing for an unthinkable crime.
Lockup: Orange County: Extended Stay
02:46 - 03:37
Lockup: Orange County: Extended Stay
Wake Up Call
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
Confinement takes a dark turn for a light-hearted teenager, but provides a new beginning for an old bank robber inside the Orange County Jail; a mother who has put drugs before her son gets another chance.
Lockup: Orange County: Extended Stay
03:37 - 04:28
Lockup: Orange County: Extended Stay
Cabin Fever
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
Unlike prison inmates who have already been convicted and sentenced for their crimes, most jail inmates stand charged and are still working their cases through the court system; the process can take years, so some try to make their jail cells home.
Lockup: Indiana: Extended Stay
04:28 - 05:18
Lockup: Indiana: Extended Stay
"Old School" Convicts
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
A brutal stabbing puts Indiana State Prison on edge; a brash new inmate gets taken down a notch; two buddies do their time together; cameras are put into the hands of inmates who share intimate thoughts about life behind bars.
Lockup: Savannah: Extended Stay
05:18 - 06:09
Lockup: Savannah: Extended Stay
Wis-Dumb
Series, Crime, Documentary, Reality
A planned romantic weekend turns into a nightmare for one young couple; a fight sends two women to segregation, and for one of the combatants, the isolation takes its toll.
Lockup: Savannah: Extended Stay
06:09 - 06:59
Lockup: Savannah: Extended Stay
Outlaws and In-Laws
Series, Crime, Documentary, Reality
Five miles from the riverfront hotels and restaurants of Savannah, Georgia, is a more ominous site, a place where an inmate is severely injured, and a friendship is torn; two soon to be brothers-in-law are accused of double homicide.
Lockup: Fairfax: Extended Stay
06:59 - 07:50
Lockup: Fairfax: Extended Stay
Time Never Waits
Series, Documentary, Reality, Crime
The Emergency Response Team is deployed when a mentally ill inmate soils his cell and refuses orders; a vicious assault sends another inmate to the hospital; a fresh face joins the female unit, and finds herself in the middle of an investigation.
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