Megastructures: North Branch Correctional Facility

SYNOPSIS

The North Branch Correctional Institution (NBCI) will house 2,000 violent criminals. Its security measures are much more than technological marvels they are the features that will protect the lives of prison guards and revolutionize rehabilitation programs for inmates. This programme explores the history of NBCI, the lessons that experts have learned from prison disasters of the past, and the astounding technology that will make NBCI one of the largest maximum security prisons in the United States. Examining NBCI's secret control rooms, 200 remote-controlled cameras, impenetrable steel doors, and a sea razor wire, North Branch Correctional Institution reveals the engineering feats that offer new safety from and hope for the most dangerous and desperate criminals.